2018
Abstinence and Low Risk Drinking During Treatment: Association With Psychosocial Functioning, Alcohol Use, and Alcohol Problems 3 Years Following Treatment
Witkiewitz K, Kirouac M, Roos CR, Wilson AD, Hallgren KA, Bravo AJ, Montes KS, Maisto SA. Abstinence and Low Risk Drinking During Treatment: Association With Psychosocial Functioning, Alcohol Use, and Alcohol Problems 3 Years Following Treatment. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors 2018, 32: 639-646. PMID: 30160499, PMCID: PMC6136973, DOI: 10.1037/adb0000381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-risk drinkingRisk drinkingHeavy drinkingDrinking daysAlcohol-related consequencesAlcohol usePersistent heavy drinkingWeeks of treatmentOutcomes 3 yearsDrinking outcomesHeavy drinking daysLow-risk drinkersAlcohol use disorderMeasures latent class analysisOutpatient armRisk drinkersOutcome measuresHeavy drinking episodesLower riskUse disordersHeavy drinkersFunctioning outcomesPsychosocial functioningAbstinenceDrinking episodes
2016
Do Alcohol Relapse Episodes During Treatment Predict Long‐Term Outcomes? Investigating the Validity of Existing Definitions of Alcohol Use Disorder Relapse
Maisto SA, Roos CR, Hallgren KA, Moskal D, Wilson AD, Witkiewitz K. Do Alcohol Relapse Episodes During Treatment Predict Long‐Term Outcomes? Investigating the Validity of Existing Definitions of Alcohol Use Disorder Relapse. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2016, 40: 2180-2189. PMID: 27591560, PMCID: PMC5048537, DOI: 10.1111/acer.13173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen/menRelapse definitionAlcohol consumptionLong-term alcohol-related outcomesAlcohol use disorder treatmentEnd of treatmentLong-term outcomesUse disorder treatmentDisorder relapseSingle drinking episodeYear posttreatmentRelapseDisorder treatmentAlcohol-related consequencesAlcohol-related outcomesBest predictorRelapse episodesSecondary analysisClinical researchPsychosocial functioningAUD researchDrinking episodesOutcomesMenProject MATCH