Characteristics of women with alcohol use disorders who benefit from intensive motivational interviewing.

Background: Women with alcohol disorders have more severe problems related to their drinking than men. They have higher mortality from alcohol-related accidents and enter treatment with more serious medical, psychiatric, and social consequences.

Unlabelled: : This study assessed the effects of Intensive Motivational Interviewing (IMI), a new, 9-session counseling intervention for women with drinking problems.

Heavy Drinking among Women Receiving Intensive Motivational Interviewing: 6-Month Outcomes.

Compared to men, women with alcohol use disorders experience more severe consequences related to drinking. Intensive Motivational Interviewing (IMI) is a new 9-session version of Motivational Interviewing (MI) designed for women with alcohol use disorders. The current study reports outcomes from a randomized clinical trial of IMI compared to a single session of MI.

Intensive Motivational Interviewing for Heavy Drinking among Women.

Objectives: Women suffer more severe consequences related to heavy drinking than men. Relative to men, women who are heavy drinkers experience higher severity of medical, psychiatric, and social problems, even when they have fewer years drinking. Currently there are few gender-specific, evidence-based interventions for heavy drinking among women.