College student mental health, treatment utilization, and reduced enrollment: Findings across a state university system during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This study measured the rate of college student mental health concerns and mental health service utilization. The roles of mental health and seeking treatment regarding anticipated enrollment were explored. One thousand eight hundred thirty-one randomly selected students participated in this online survey.

Effect of cognitive-behavioral techniques for problem gambling and gambling disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: To measure the effect of cognitive-behavioral techniques (CBTs) on gambling disorder severity and gambling behavior at post-treatment and follow-up.

Method: Seven databases and two clinical trial registries were searched to identify peer-reviewed studies and unpublished studies of randomized controlled trials. The Cochrane Risk of Bias tool assessed risk of bias in the included studies.

Dynamics of diurnal cortisol and alpha-amylase secretion and their associations with PTSD onset in recent interpersonal trauma survivors.

Background: Dysfunction in major stress response systems during the acute aftermath of trauma may contribute to risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The current study investigated how PTSD diagnosis and symptom severity, depressive symptoms, and childhood trauma uniquely relate to diurnal neuroendocrine secretion (cortisol and alpha-amylase rhythms) in women who recently experienced interpersonal trauma compared to non-traumatized controls (NTCs).

Method: Using a longitudinal design, we examined diurnal cortisol and alpha-amylase rhythms in 98 young women ( = 57 exposed to recent interpersonal trauma, = 41 NTCs).

Substance use disparities by age, race, sex, and sexual orientation among persons living with HIV in the Southern U.S.

Background: Alcohol and drug use is overrepresented among individuals living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and is associated with poor health outcomes. Determining the extent to which substance use differs between demographic profiles of people living with HIV (PLWH) would determine at-risk groups that would benefit from intervention.

Methods: Cross-sectional screening data ( = 1307, = 42.

Effects of cognitive behavioral techniques for gambling on recovery defined by gambling, psychological functioning, and quality of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Individuals who experience gambling harms report that sustained recovery involves changing both gambling behaviors and psychological symptoms, as well as building a meaningful life. However, there is limited understanding about the effect of cognitive behavioral (CB) techniques on psychological symptoms and quality of life. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of CB techniques for gambling-related harms on broader recovery outcomes such as psychological symptoms and quality of life.

Multidimensional Evaluation of Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Training for Medical Students.

Objective: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to identifying and addressing alcohol use in non-specialty settings. Many medical schools teach SBIRT, but most published evaluations of these efforts exclude rigorous skill assessments and teaching methods.

Methods: During the 2017-2018 academic year, 146 third-year medical students received classroom-based learning on SBIRT and motivational interviewing (MI) and at least two SBIRT practices with feedback as part of a 4-week psychiatry clerkship.

Low-Burden Universal Substance Use Screening in a Primary Care Clinic to Lower Implementation Barriers.

Universal substance use screening in primary care can proactively identify patients for intervention, though implementation is challenging. This project developed a strategy for universal low time- and labor-cost screening, brief intervention, and referral for treatment (SBIRT) in an HIV primary care clinic at an academic medical center in the Southeastern USA. Screening was implemented using a tablet computer that calculated results in real time and suggested motivational language for provider response.

Users of cannabis-only are less likely to accept brief interventions than other substance use profiles in a sample of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Background And Objectives: Research has shown that people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) engage in increased rates of substance use, which has a number of potential negative health outcomes. Increased legalization of cannabis is likely to further increase the availability and use of cannabis in this population. Efforts have been made to integrate screening and intervention resources as part of an individual's routine healthcare visits.

The Status of SBIRT Training in Health Professions Education: A Cross-Discipline Review and Evaluation of SBIRT Curricula and Educational Research.

Purpose: To assess the quality of curricular research on the Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) approach and determine the presence of useful training modalities, particularly motivational interviewing (MI) training, across health care training curricula.

Method: The authors conducted a systematic review of published, peer-reviewed studies in PubMed, ERIC, CINAHL, Ovid HealthSTAR, and PsycINFO databases through March 2021 for English-language studies describing SBIRT, a curriculum for health care trainees, and curricular intervention outcomes. After the records were independently assessed, data were extracted and 20% of the studies were double-coded for interrater reliability.

Dropout from face-to-face, multi-session psychological treatments for problem and disordered gambling: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The aims of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to examine the overall prevalence of dropout from psychological treatments for problem gambling and gambling disorder and to examine how study, client, and treatment variables influenced dropout rates.

Method: A systematic search was conducted to identify studies of cognitive and/or behavioral therapies and motivational interventions for problem gambling and gambling disorder. Meta-analysis was used to calculate an overall weighted dropout rate.

Challenges to Conducting Contingency Management Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: Practice Recommendations for Clinicians.

A growing empirical literature supports contingency management (CM) as an efficacious treatment for substance use disorders, especially when reinforcers are immediate, frequent, and of sufficient magnitude on escalating schedules. However, in real world-practice, CM is often conducted in ways that are inconsistent with research protocols. One reason for these inconsistencies may be due to pragmatic challenges inherent in conducting CM.

Practice and Dissemination of Motivational Interviewing: A Psychology Internship Curriculum.

Sufficient training in substance use issues has been identified as a common gap in professional psychology graduate training. Satisfactory training in evidence-based practices has also been identified as a common gap for providers who care for individuals with substance use problems. The "practice and dissemination" curriculum we developed seeks to address both of these gaps during the predoctoral internship training year by first training psychology interns to competently deliver motivational interviewing (MI) to individuals with substance use problems and then train community providers and volunteers to do so.

Utility of the Athlete Drinking Scale for assessing drinking motives among high school athletes.

Research suggests that high school athletes are at greater risk for heavy alcohol use and alcohol-related problems than their non-athlete peers. Drinking motives unique to the athletic experience may contribute to elevated use. The Athlete Drinking Scale (ADS) was designed to assess sport-related motives for alcohol use, but has not yet been validated among high school athletes.

A confirmatory factor analysis of the Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale among OEF/OIF veterans.

Introduction: Military veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (OEF/OIF/OND) are at-risk for increased alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences. The Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale (PBSS) has been shown to be a reliable and valid measure of assessing strategies to facilitate more responsible drinking and to reduce alcohol-related harm among college student populations. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the PBSS among the OEF/OIF veteran population.