Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (Basics); Author: Dimeff, Linda A.; Joint Author: Kivlahan, Daniel R.; Hardback; Book

Author: Dimeff, Linda A.; Joint Author: Kivlahan, Daniel R.
Hardback; Book
230 pages
Published: June 1999
Guilford Press
ISBN: 1572303921

Presents a pragmatic and clinically proven approach to the prevention and treatment of undergraduate alcohol abuse. The book takes readers through conducting Basics assessment and feedback sessions. Special topics covered include the use of DSM-IV criteria to evaluate alcohol abuse, ways to counter student defensiveness about drinking, and obtaining additional treatment for students with severe alcohol dependency.This manual offers an approach to the prevention and treatment of undergraduate alcohol abuse. The BASICS model is a nonconfrontational, harm reduction approach that helps students reduce alcohol consumption gradually and decrease the behavioural and health risks associated with heavy drinking.