Intervening with adolescent perpetrators of dating abuse in the emergency department: The potential of a brief motivational interviewing intervention

Friday, October 9, 2009: 10:40 AM-12:00 PM
Gallery (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Speaker:
Emily F. Rothman, ScD, Boston University School of Public Health


Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Description:
New, effective interventions with adolescents who perpetrate dating abuse are needed. We are in the process of developing a Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) intervention for an emergency department setting. The intervention will use motivational interviewing techniques and address underage alcohol use and dating abuse perpetration simultaneously.