Using a mental health approach to alcohol prevention among students is more effective than traditional PSHE lessons, a two-year trial has concluded.
The results of the study, involving 2,548 year 10 students, found that using the alternative approach resulted in high-risk students being 43 per cent less likely to binge drink.
The trial involved 21 schools, 11 of which received the intervention, with the remaining 10 sticking to the normal UK statutory drug and alcohol education curriculum.
The intervention saw high-risk students classified into four personality profiles – anxiety, hopelessness, impulsivity or sensation-seeking – and given targeted psychological interventions delivered by teachers from their schools who had been specially trained for the purpose.
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