Who achieves low risk drinking during alcohol treatment? An analysis of patients in three alcohol clinical trials
Witkiewitz K, Pearson MR, Hallgren KA, Maisto SA, Roos CR, Kirouac M, Wilson AD, Montes KS, Heather N. Who achieves low risk drinking during alcohol treatment? An analysis of patients in three alcohol clinical trials. Addiction 2017, 112: 2112-2121. PMID: 28511286, PMCID: PMC5673549, DOI: 10.1111/add.13870.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-risk drinkingPatterns of drinkingHeavy drinkingAlcohol dependenceSelf-reported weekly alcohol consumptionDrinking patternsPersistent heavy drinkingRepeated-measures latent class analysisWeekly alcohol consumptionAlcohol clinical trialsBehavioral intervention studyAlcohol Treatment TrialUnited Kingdom Alcohol Treatment TrialTreatment trialsCombined PharmacotherapiesClinical trialsAverage ageAlcohol consumptionAlcohol dependence severityIntervention studiesAlcohol treatmentCollateral informantsForm 90Dependence severityLatent class analysisCoping mediates the effects of cognitive–behavioral therapy for alcohol use disorder among out‐patient clients in Project MATCH when dependence severity is high
Roos CR, Maisto SA, Witkiewitz K. Coping mediates the effects of cognitive–behavioral therapy for alcohol use disorder among out‐patient clients in Project MATCH when dependence severity is high. Addiction 2017, 112: 1547-1557. PMID: 28388836, PMCID: PMC5544539, DOI: 10.1111/add.13841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderTwelve-step facilitationCognitive behavioral therapyMotivational enhancement therapyUse disordersPositive treatment effectDependence severityDrinking outcomesTreatment effectsProject MATCHPercentage days abstinentHeavy drinking daysAlcohol Treatment TrialPrimary outcomeTreatment armsTreatment trialsSecondary data analysisDays abstinentDrinking daysAlcohol Dependence ScaleTherapyPatient samplesEnhancement therapySeverityChange QuestionnaireHow Much Is Too Much? Patterns of Drinking During Alcohol Treatment and Associations With Post-Treatment Outcomes Across Three Alcohol Clinical Trials.
Witkiewitz K, Roos CR, Pearson MR, Hallgren KA, Maisto SA, Kirouac M, Forcehimes AA, Wilson AD, Robinson CS, McCallion E, Tonigan JS, Heather N. How Much Is Too Much? Patterns of Drinking During Alcohol Treatment and Associations With Post-Treatment Outcomes Across Three Alcohol Clinical Trials. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs 2017, 78: 59-69. PMID: 27936365, PMCID: PMC5148751, DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2017.78.59.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBetter long-term outcomesLong-term outcomesPersistent heavy drinkingLow-risk drinkingPatterns of drinkingHeavy drinkingClinical trialsAlcohol treatmentWorse long-term outcomesDrinking patternsWeeks of treatmentRandomized clinical trialsNon-heavy drinkingRepeated-measures latent class analysisLow-risk drinkersAlcohol use disorderPost-treatment outcomesAlcohol clinical trialsAlcohol Treatment TrialNegative long-term outcomesTreatment trialsWorse outcomesSecondary data analysisUse disordersPatients