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 episodesProfiles of recovery from alcohol use disorder at three years following treatment: can the definition of recovery be extended to include high functioning heavy drinkers?
Witkiewitz K, Wilson AD, Pearson MR, Montes KS, Kirouac M, Roos CR, Hallgren KA, Maisto SA. Profiles of recovery from alcohol use disorder at three years following treatment: can the definition of recovery be extended to include high functioning heavy drinkers? Addiction 2018, 114: 69-80. PMID: 30063267, PMCID: PMC6289769, DOI: 10.1111/add.14403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultAlcohol AbstinenceAlcoholics AnonymousAlcoholismCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLatent Class AnalysisMaleMental HealthMental Health RecoveryMiddle AgedMotivational InterviewingPersonal SatisfactionSocial BehaviorTreatment OutcomeUnemploymentConceptsOccasional heavy drinkersAlcohol use disorderHeavy drinkersNon-heavy drinkersUse disordersPsychosocial functioningSecondary analysisMental healthInfrequent heavy drinkersTreatment-related variablesRandomized clinical trialsAlcoholics Anonymous (AA) involvementFrequent heavy drinkersPost-treatment abstinenceProfiles of recoveryClinical trialsDefinition of recoveryAlcohol-related problemsAlcohol dependence severityDrug useAlcohol useRecovery outcomesHeavy drinkingDrinkersDependence severity