ReviewAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2015
Active Ingredients of Treatment and Client Mechanisms of Change in Behavioral Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorders: Progress 10 Years Later.
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Neurocognitive and Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Change Following Psychological
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- The search for mechanisms of cognitive behavioral therapy for alcohol or other drug use disorders: A systematic review.Behaviour research and therapy · 2020Pooled it
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- Measurement invariance of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale in Project MATCH: An exploratory structural equation modeling approach.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Trial
- Mechanisms of change in female-specific and gender-neutral cognitive behavioral therapy for women with alcohol use disorder.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Trial
- Abstinence Following a Motivation-Skill-Desensitization-Mental Energy Intervention for Heroin Dependence: A Three-year Follow-up Result of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Current medical science · 2019Trial
- Self-regulation as a mediator of the effects of a brief behavioral economic intervention on alcohol-related outcomes: A preliminary analysis.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2018Trial
- Change in anxiety sensitivity and substance use coping motives as putative mediators of treatment efficacy among substance users.Behaviour research and therapy · 2018Trial
- Effects of Initiating Abstinence from Alcohol on Daily Craving and Negative Affect: Results from a Pharmacotherapy Clinical Trial.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- Moderators of sudden gains after sessions addressing emotion regulation among women in treatment for alcohol use.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Trial
- Exploring heterogeneity in recovery from substance use disorder following mindfulness-based relapse prevention: A latent profile analysis.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Learning & motivational talk in smoking cessation interventions: An examination of session language in two randomized trials.Patient education and counseling · 2025Article
- Neurocognitive and neurobehavioral mechanisms of change following psychological treatment for alcohol use disorder.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Review
- Neural correlates of drinking reduction during a clinical trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for alcohol use disorder.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- The mindful resiliency in recovery model: empowering the transcendence of stigma.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Precision medicine in alcohol use disorder: Mapping etiologic and maintenance mechanisms to mechanisms of behavior change to improve patient outcomes.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Pretreatment changes in drinking: Theoretical and methodological implications for alcohol use disorder treatment outcome research.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills and Urges to Use Alcohol and Substances: An Examination of Diary Cards.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- The indirect effect of negative emotionality via alcohol craving on abstinence self-efficacy among women in alcohol treatment.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe current review revisits the article entitled: "Active Ingredients: How and Why Evidence-Based Alcohol Behavioral Treatment Interventions Work" published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. This work summarized proceedings from a 2004 Symposium of the same name that was held at the Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA). A decade has passed, which provides occasion for an evaluation of progress. In 2014, an RSA symposium titled Active Treatment Ingredients and Client Mechanisms of Change in Behavioral Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorders: Progress 10 Years Later did just that.
methodsThe current review revisits state-of-the-art research on the 3 treatments examined 10 years ago: cognitive behavioral therapy, alcohol behavior couples therapy, and 12-step facilitation. Because of its empirically validated effectiveness and robust research agenda on the study of process outcome, motivational interviewing has been selected as the fourth treatment modality to be discussed. For each of these 4 treatments, the reviewers provide a critical assessment of current theory and research with a special emphasis on key recommendations for the future.
resultsNoteworthy progress has been made in identifying active ingredients of treatments and mechanisms of behavior change in these 4 behavioral interventions for alcohol and other drug use disorders. Not only have we established some of the mechanisms through which these evidence-based treatments work, but we have also uncovered some of the limitations in our existing frameworks and methods.
conclusionsFurther progress in this area will require a broader view with respect to conceptual frameworks, analytic methods, and measurement instrumentation.
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