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SynthesisAddiction (Abingdon, England)2014

Treatment of comorbid alcohol use disorders and depression with cognitive-behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing: a meta-analysis.

Heleen Riper, Gerhard Andersson, Sarah B Hunter, Jessica de Wit, Matthias Berking, Pim Cuijpers

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Synthesis in Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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111citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 272 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Heleen RiperDepartment of Clinical Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University and VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Division of Online Health Training, Innovation Incubator, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany.
Gerhard Andersson
Sarah B Hunter
Jessica de Wit
Matthias Berking
Pim Cuijpers
Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc · NLEMGO Institute for Health and Care Research · NLLeuphana University of Lüneburg · DELinköping University · SEPhilipps University of Marburg · DERAND Corporation · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsTo review published studies on the effectiveness of combining cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and motivational interviewing (MI) to treat comorbid clinical and subclinical alcohol use disorder (AUD) and major depression (MDD) and estimate the effect of this compared with usual care.

methodsWe conducted systematic literature searches in PubMed, PsycINFO and Embase up to June 2013 and identified additional studies through cross-references in included studies and systematic reviews. Twelve studies comprising 1721 patients met our inclusion criteria. The studies had sufficient statistical power to detect small effect sizes.

resultsCBT/MI proved effective for treating subclinical and clinical AUD and MDD compared with controls, with small overall effect sizes at post-treatment [g=0.17, confidence interval (CI)=0.07-0.28, P<0.001 for decrease of alcohol consumption and g=0.27, CI: 0.13-0.41, P<0.001 for decrease of symptoms of depression, respectively]. Subgroup analyses revealed no significant differences for both AUD and MDD. However, digital interventions showed a higher effect size for depression than face-to-face interventions (g= 0.73 and g=0.23, respectively, P=0.030).

conclusionsCombined cognitive-behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing for clinical or subclinical depressive and alcohol use disorders has a small but clinically significant effect in treatment outcomes compared with treatment as usual.

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Alcohol-Related DisordersCognitive Behavioral TherapyHumansMajor Depressive DisorderMotivational InterviewingTreatment OutcomeAlcohol use disorderscognitive-behavioural therapycomorbiditymajor depressionmeta-analysismotivational interviewingrandomized controlled trialstreatment effect

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PMID24304463
PMCPMC4227588
OpenAlexW1522072170

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