What is it?

• The College Drinker's Check-up (CDCU) is a single session, computer-based brief motivational intervention for heavy drinking college students. It takes a student about 45 minutes to go through it.
• We developed it as both a Windows application and an Internet-based application. A demo of the web version is below.
• A more detailed description of the program is here.

Is it effective?

• Yes. We've evaluated it in two randomized clinical trials with heavy drinking college students. With follow-ups out to 12 months, the reductions in drinking are some of the largest published to date.
  • Briefly, students who received the CDCU reduced their drinking by 45-55% at 1-12 month follow-ups and experienced significant reductions in alcohol-related problems.
  • The paper reporting the results of our studies is in press in the Psychology of Addictive Behaviors and should be out in hard copy this spring (2012). The abstract of the paper is here Here is a Power Point presentation we've given at a college health conference that describe some of the outcomes.
  • The CDCU is now (1/10/12) listed on SAMSHA's National Register of Evidence-based Programs and Practices here

Is it available?

• It is available now.

How much does it cost?

• We have structured the license as a one-time purchase that includes both the Windows program and the Internet or web application.
• There are no annual license renewal fees and no per user fees.
• The one time purchase cost is $2500 for smaller institutions (<15,000 students) and $4500 for larger institutions. Details of the license are here (on page 2).

What's the catch?

• There is none. Our mission at the Research Division of Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP, is to develop, evaluate, and then disseminate evidence-based programs for people with alcohol and drug problems. All of our programs have been developed with funding from NIAAA. Your tax dollars. We feel that, in return, we have a responsibility to provide these programs at reasonable costs.