Journal Article Critique
Critique of Journal article
The article being critiqued is titled; Randomised controlled trial of motivational interviewing compared with drug information and advice for early intervention among young cannabis users written by Jim McCambridge, Renee L Slym and John Strang published in 2008 in the journal Addiction, pages 103-111.
Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug and poses many physical, social and psychological risks especially in young people, it seems that even with the current primary interventions which aim to prevent the drug being used altogether they have not always proved effective in stopping young people from taking up the drug and so a secondary prevention is need for those already taking the drug. The main aim of the study is to test the …show more content…
References cited in the text
Gray E., McCambridge J., Strang J. The effectiveness of motivational interviewing delivered by youth workers in reducing drinking, cigarette and cannabis smoking among young people: quasi-experimental pilot study. Alcohol Alcohol 2005; 40: 535–9
Guyatt G H., Oxman A D., Kunz R., Vist G E., Falck-Ytter Y., Schünemann H J. "What is "quality of evidence" and why is it important to clinicians?" British Medical Journal 2008. 336; 995–8
McCambridge J., The efficacy of a brief motivational intervention in reducing drug consumption and related risk among young people. PhD thesis, University of London
The article being critiqued is titled; Randomised controlled trial of motivational interviewing compared with drug information and advice for early intervention among young cannabis users written by Jim McCambridge, Renee L Slym and John Strang published in 2008 in the journal Addiction, pages 103-111.
Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug and poses many physical, social and psychological risks especially in young people, it seems that even with the current primary interventions which aim to prevent the drug being used altogether they have not always proved effective in stopping young people from taking up the drug and so a secondary prevention is need for those already taking the drug. The main aim of the study is to test the …show more content…
References cited in the text
Gray E., McCambridge J., Strang J. The effectiveness of motivational interviewing delivered by youth workers in reducing drinking, cigarette and cannabis smoking among young people: quasi-experimental pilot study. Alcohol Alcohol 2005; 40: 535–9
Guyatt G H., Oxman A D., Kunz R., Vist G E., Falck-Ytter Y., Schünemann H J. "What is "quality of evidence" and why is it important to clinicians?" British Medical Journal 2008. 336; 995–8
McCambridge J., The efficacy of a brief motivational intervention in reducing drug consumption and related risk among young people. PhD thesis, University of London