Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2016
Network Support II: Randomized controlled trial of Network Support treatment and cognitive behavioral therapy for alcohol use disorder.
Trial report in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- The role of social network support in treatment outcomes for medication for opioid use disorder: A systematic review.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Pooled it
- Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs for alcohol use disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioral therapy for alcohol or other drug use disorders: Treatment efficacy by contrast condition.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2019Pooled it
- Social network intervention to improve blood pressure control after stroke: The TEAMS-BP randomized clinical trial.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Trial
- Using causal mediation to examine self-efficacy as a mechanism through which continuing care interventions reduce alcohol use.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Trial
- Social network moderators of brief alcohol intervention impact.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Trial
- Combined pharmacotherapy and evidence-based psychosocial Cannabis treatment for youth and selection of cannabis-using friends.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Day-level shifts in social contexts during youth cannabis use treatment.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2021Trial
- Effects of Social Support and 12-Step Involvement on Recovery among People in Continuing Care for Cocaine Dependence.Substance use & misuse · 2019Trial
- Beyond abstinence: Redefining success in cannabis use disorder treatment.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- Factors associated with reduced substance use and treatment completion among justice-involved pregnant women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Addressing barriers to addiction recovery services in the Northwest Territories, Canada.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Utility of substance-free alternatives in treating and preventing harmful substance use: A narrative review of the translational research spectrum.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Review
- Testing the efficacy and mechanisms of an SMS intervention focused on motivating peer network support to reduce alcohol consumption in non-collegiate young adults: Protocol for a randomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Mutual Help Groups for Illicit Drug Use Disorders: A Review of the Current Literature.Current addiction reports · 2025Article
- Examining the role of reinforcing activities and time horizon in recovery: Commentary on Bickel, Witkiewitz, Athamneh, Kuhlemeier-"Recovery from alcohol use disorder: Reinforcer pathology theory, measurement, and methods".Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder: Behavioral and Pharmacologic Therapies.Clinics in liver disease · 2024Review
- The role of resilience in the relationship between stress and alcohol.Neurobiology of stress · 2024Article
- Disparities in Alcoholics Anonymous Participation from 2000 to 2020 Among U.S. Residents With an Alcohol Use Disorder in the National Alcohol Survey.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe social network of those treated for alcohol use disorder can play a significant role in subsequent drinking behavior, both for better and worse. Network Support treatment was devised to teach ways to reconstruct social networks so that they are more supportive of abstinence and less supportive of drinking. For many patients this may involve engagement with AA, but other strategies are also used. PURPOSE: The current trial of Network Support treatment, building on our previous work, was intended to further enhance the ability of patients to construct abstinence-supportive social networks, and to test this approach against a strong control treatment.
methodsPatients were 193 men and women with alcohol use disorder recruited from the community and assigned to either 12 weeks of Network Support (NS) or Packaged Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment (PCBT), and followed for 27 months.
resultsResults of multilevel analyses indicated that NS yielded better posttreatment results in terms of both proportion of days abstinent and drinking consequences, and equivalent improvements in 90-day abstinence, heavy drinking days and drinks per drinking day. Mediation analyses revealed that NS treatment effects were mediated by pre-post changes in abstinence self-efficacy and in social network variables, especially proportion of non-drinkers in the social network and attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous.
conclusionIt was concluded that helping patients enhance their abstinent social network can be effective, and may provide a useful alternative or adjunctive approach to treatment.
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