Interventions for Adolescent Alcohol Consumption

Most evidence for interventions addressing adolescent alcohol use disorders look at alcohol in conjunction with other substance use, and relatively few explore these in the clinical context, instead examining interventions in the school setting. Notwithstanding this, overall, both family interventions and cognitive behavioural therapies, including individual and group-focused CBT, do appear to have a place in the approach to adolescent substance use disorders.  Effect sizes however appear to diminish over time. School based interventions that explore alcohol expectancies and risky situations and work on goal setting also appear effective.