Patterns of drinking behavior around a treatment episode for alcohol use disorder: Predictions from pre-treatment measures.

Journal: Alcohol, clinical & experimental research
Published Date: Sep 15, 2023

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been described as a chronic disease given the high rates that affected individuals have in returning to drinking after a change attempt. Many studies have characterized predictors of aggregated alcohol use (e.g., percent heavy drinking days) following treatment for AUD. However, to inform future research on predicting drinking as an AUD outcome measure, a better understanding is needed of the patterns of drinking that surround a treatment episode and which clinical measures predict patterns of drinking.

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  • Katie Witkiewitz
    Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions (CASAA), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
  • Megan Kirouac
    Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions (CASAA), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
  • James W Baurley
    BioRealm LLC, Walnut, California, USA.
  • Christopher S McMahan
    School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.

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