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Share A series of weekend workshops that integrate strategies for both reducing risky alcohol use and preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) led to an increase in safe sex and decrease in drinking among young Black women, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. “By designing an intervention that didn’t treat sex and alcohol use as two separate risk factors, young women were empowered to make healthier decisions and better communicate with their partners,” said Ralph DiClemente, professor and chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at NYU School of Global Public Health and the study’s lead author. ....
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN Armed with a federal grant of nearly $2 million, University of Rhode Island neuroscientist, researcher and professor Sarah Feldstein Ewing is studying new treatment possibilities for young people who engage in heavy drinking and substance use. The goal, according to Feldstein Ewing, is to intervene with young people with different approaches than their older counterparts, whose brains are developmentally different than adolescents. “We’re treating kids who have been drinking for maybe two years, and we’re talking about relapse and asking kids to abstain,” the researcher said in a URI announcement of her work. “These concepts that may make sense if you’ve been drinking for 30 years are a little more far-fetched if you’re 15 and just binge drinking over prom weekend.” ....
Reply Professor Sarah Feldstein Ewing Adolescent brains are developmentally distinct from adults, resulting in different reasons for engaging in risky behavior like substance abuse, which makes it difficult for clinicians to know how to approach addiction treatment with younger patients. While they require different approaches to treatment, adolescents often receive addiction treatment based on adult models, limiting its effectiveness. A University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences professor and neuro scientist is aiming to find better approaches to treating adolescent addiction. Clinical Psychology Professor Sarah Feldstein Ewing, the College s endowed Prochaska Professor of Population Health, started as a clinical psychologist treating adolescents engaging heavy alcohol and cannabis use. She found the common frameworks used to treat adults were are not hitting the mark with younger patients, who often have different motivations for engaging in such risky b ....