Research from University of Kent Provides New Data on Substance Abuse (A multicomponent psychosocial intervention to reduce substance use by adolescents involved in the criminal justice system: the RISKIT-CJS RCT).

To conduct a prospective, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the RISKIT-CJS intervention in reducing the frequency of substance use, compared with treatment as usual (TAU), among substance-using adolescents involved in the CJS. Participants were randomised to treatment as usual or to treatment as usual in addition to the RISKIT-Criminal Justice System (RISKIT-CJS) programme. Keywords: Addiction Research; Clinical Research; Clinical Trials and Studies; Drugs and Therapies; Economics; Health and Medicine; Legal Issues; Mental Health; Psychological; Psychosocial; Public Health; Risk and Prevention; Substance Abuse EN Addiction Research Clinical Research Clinical Trials and Studies Drugs and Therapies Economics Health and Medicine Legal Issues Mental Health Psychological Psychosocial Public Health Risk and Prevention Substance Abuse 885 885 1 04/17/23 20230421 NES 230421 2023 APR 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA -- Investigators discuss new findings in substance abuse. [Extracted from the article]

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