Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2013
Hybrid cognitive behavioral therapy versus relaxation training for co-occurring anxiety and alcohol disorder: a randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 30 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dual Diagnosis: A Systematic Review Exploring Its Effectiveness and Implications for Nursing Practice.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for persons with comorbid anxiety and substance use disorders.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Pooled it
- A Descriptive Review and Meta-Regression Study of Demographic and Study Context Factors in US Clinical Trials of Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol or Other Drug Use.Substance use & misuse · 2024Pooled it
- [Evidence-based psychotherapy of addictive disorders].Der Nervenarzt · 2018Pooled it
- World Health Organization (WHO) risk level reductions in inpatients with alcohol use disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Trial
- Drinking to cope with negative emotions moderates alcohol use disorder treatment response in patients with co-occurring anxiety disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Trial
- Modeling and treating internalizing psychopathology in a clinical trial: a latent variable structural equation modeling approach.Psychological medicine · 2013Trial
- Subtypes of cocaine use disorder and their neurobehavioral profiles.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Approach to Mental Health Through a Frequency Modulated Auditory Intervention: A Controlled and Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Insights into Overlapping Brain Networks for Anxiety and Alcohol Use Disorders.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- Supplemental Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Patients With a Co-Occurring Anxiety Disorder: Technical Development and Functional Testing of an Autonomous Digital Program.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Review: Preventing Psychopathology in the Digital Age: Leveraging Technology to Target Coping and Emotion Regulation in Adolescents.JAACAP open · 2024Review
- Subtypes in addiction and their neurobehavioral profiles across three functional domains.Translational psychiatry · 2023Article
- Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Negative Alcohol-Related Consequences in Adulthood: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Distress Tolerance and Drinking to Cope.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- Efficacy of the Unified Protocol for the treatment of comorbid alcohol use and anxiety disorders: Study protocol and methods.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- Are we making Inroads? A randomized controlled trial of a psychologist-supported, web-based, cognitive behavioral therapy intervention to reduce anxiety and hazardous alcohol use among emerging adults.EClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
- Negative affect and alcohol craving in trauma-exposed young adult drinkers.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Brief Negative Affect Focused Functional Imagery Training Abolishes Stress-Induced Alcohol Choice in Hazardous Student Drinkers.Journal of addiction · 2021Article
- Assessing the collective utility of multiple analyses on clinical alcohol use disorder data.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2019Article
- Protocol for the Inroads Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Internet-Delivered, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Early Intervention to Reduce Anxiety and Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Young People.JMIR research protocols · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTreatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) is far less effective for those with a co-occurring anxiety disorder. Surprisingly, adding an independent anxiety treatment to AUD treatment does not substantially improve the poor alcohol outcomes of these patients. This may reflect the lack of attention from independent treatments to the dynamic interaction of anxiety symptoms with alcohol use and drinking motivation. On the basis of this view, we assembled a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program designed to both reduce anxiety symptoms and weaken the links between the experience of anxiety and the motivation to drink.
method344 patients undergoing residential AUD treatment with current social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, or panic disorder were randomly assigned to receive either the CBT or an active comparison treatment, progressive muscle relaxation training (PMRT). Assessments took place immediately following treatment and 4 months later (n = 247).
resultsAs predicted, the CBT group demonstrated significantly better alcohol outcomes 4 months following treatment than did the PMRT group. Although both groups experienced a substantial degree of anxiety reduction following treatment, there were no significant group differences immediately after treatment and only a slight advantage for the CBT group 4 months after treatment.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that specific interventions aimed at weakening the association between the experience of anxiety and drinking motivation play an important role in improving the alcohol outcomes of these difficult-to-treat patients beyond that of anxiety reduction alone.
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