A brief intervention that works for drivers who persist in driving while intoxicated
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 19:56
in Health & Medicine
Driving while impaired (DWI) contributes significantly to road-traffic crashes, and is involved in more than one-third of all fatalities. Many DWI recidivists - drinking drivers who re-offend - do not participate in mandated alcohol-evaluation and intervention programs or else continue to drink problematically after their licenses have been re-issued. A comparison of the effects of two interventions on DWI recidivists with alcohol problems found that one - Brief Motivational Interviewing (BMI) - was more effective.