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
2017
How 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