Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 9 , Pages 954-963.e1 , September 2010

Personality-Targeted Interventions Delay Uptake of Drinking and Decrease Risk of Alcohol-Related Problems When Delivered by Teachers

,Accepted 28 April 2010.

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 Supplemental material cited in this article is available online.

 This investigation was supported by a research grant and fellowship (2003-2008) from Action on Addiction (registered charity number, 1007308).

 Disclosure: Drs. Mackie, Castellanos-Ryan, and Conrod, and Ms. Al-Khudhairy, and Ms. O’Leary-Barrett report no biomedical financial interest or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(10)00452-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.04.011

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 9 , Pages 954-963.e1 , September 2010

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