August 24, 2010

prevention of drug and alcohol use in teenagers

Speakers:
Dr Patricia Conrod, Senior Lecturer and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry
Maeve O’Leary-Barrett, Trial Co-ordinator, King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry
Nick Barton, Chief Executive, Action on Addiction

Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London have pioneered a new approach to reduce problematic drinking and drug abuse in secondary school children. Their research showed that teaching teenagers coping skills based on personality traits such as anxiety, negative thinking and impulsivity, reduced the amount of alcohol consumed and binge drinking, and that a similar approach also reduced cocaine use.