Targeted Program Curbs Teen Drinking

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A personality-based intervention reduced problematic drinking among high-risk kids, British researchers found. In a randomized controlled trial, the targeted program reduced the risk of binge drinking by 43% (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.80, P<0.001), Patricia Conrod, PhD, of the University of Montreal, and colleagues reported online in JAMA Psychiatry. It also appeared to have a "herd" effect on adolescents who weren't considered to be at risk for problematic drinking, the researchers said.

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