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