2021
Alcohol craving and withdrawal at treatment entry prospectively predict alcohol use outcomes during outpatient treatment
Martins JS, Fogelman N, Wemm S, Hwang S, Sinha R. Alcohol craving and withdrawal at treatment entry prospectively predict alcohol use outcomes during outpatient treatment. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2021, 231: 109253. PMID: 34998258, PMCID: PMC8818273, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use outcomesAlcohol cravingTreatment entryDays/weekSleep difficultiesOutpatient treatmentAbstinence symptomsUse outcomesPre-treatment alcohol useEffects of cravingTreatment-seeking adultsAlcohol useAlcohol use disorder treatmentRelapse prevention counselingDrinking-related outcomesHeavy drinkingDrinking days/weekOutpatient AUD treatmentGreater alcoholChronic alcohol useDistress symptomsUse disorder treatmentAUD treatmentAverage drinksCraving
2020
Association of Prefrontal-Striatal Functional Pathology With Alcohol Abstinence Days at Treatment Initiation and Heavy Drinking After Treatment Initiation
Blaine SK, Wemm S, Fogelman N, Lacadie C, Seo D, Scheinost D, Sinha R. Association of Prefrontal-Striatal Functional Pathology With Alcohol Abstinence Days at Treatment Initiation and Heavy Drinking After Treatment Initiation. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2020, 177: 1048-1059. PMID: 32854534, PMCID: PMC7606814, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19070703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderTreatment initiationAlcohol abstinenceHeavy drinkingFunctional MRIEarly treatment outcomesEarly treatment phaseHealthy control subjectsEarly outpatient treatmentNumber of daysStress imagesDrinking outcomesChronic alcohol abuseHeavy drinking daysSignificant hyperreactivityControl subjectsOutpatient treatmentStriatal dysfunctionEarly treatmentTreatment outcomesBrain stressFunctional pathologyProspective assessmentTreatment phaseAlcohol abuse