@article{ref1,
title="Stop Using Stuff: trial of a drug and alcohol intervention for young people with comorbid mental illness and drug and alcohol problems",
journal="Australasian psychiatry",
year="2007",
author="Kemp, Rosalind and Harris, Anthony and Vurel, Erdal and Sitharthan, T.",
volume="15",
number="6",
pages="490-493",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Substance abuse is a significant problem in the treatment of young people with their first psychosis. This study reports a randomized trial of a brief manualized cognitive behavioural therapy for substance abuse in young people with psychosis. METHOD: Subjects were randomized between the study treatment and a group treated as usual. Treatment was a four to six session brief cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention developed specifically for this patient group - Stop Using Stuff (SUS). RESULTS: Both groups improved across the trial. However, those exposed to the active treatment improved significantly on measures of the frequency of cannabis and alcohol abuse. CONCLUSIONS: Brief interventions in substance abuse in young people with psychosis can help moderate substance use in this difficult to treat group.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1039-8562",
doi="10.1080/10398560701439665",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10398560701439665"
}