Texting can help to both assess drinking issues and deliver brief interventions
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 17:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Each day numerous young adults in the U.S. visit hospital emergency departments (EDs) for alcohol-related problems. This study examined the use of text messaging (TM), both to collect drinking data from young adults after ED discharge as well as provide immediate feedback and ongoing support to them, finding that TM is effective on both levels.