Training and Coaching of SBIRT Specialists in Motivational Interviewing-based Brief Interventions (Georgia BASICS)
Principal Investigator:
Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.
Duration: 2009-2012
The Georgia BASICS (Brief Assessment, Screening, Intervention, and Continuum of Care System) Initiative will expand and enhance the state's substance abuse service delivery system, increasing the identification and treatment of persons at risk for or diagnosed with Substance Use Disorders. Through BASICS, targeted SBIRT services will be implemented in the emergency department at The Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG), located in Macon, Georgia (Bibb County). Under the BASICS initiative UT's Health Behavior Research and Training Institute (HBRT), under the direction of Dr. Mary M. Velasquez, will provide training and coaching to specialists for the Georgia BASICS Project in Motivational Interviewing-based Brief Interventions.
Sponsor:
Medical College of Central Georgia (funded by SAMHSA)
Keywords: health care, substance abuse
