ReviewFamily process2016
Alcohol-Focused Behavioral Couple Therapy.
Review in Family process, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Psychosocial Interventions to Improve Psychological, Social and Physical Wellbeing in Family Members Affected by an Adult Relative's Substance Use: A Systematic Search and Review of the Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The effect of significant other involvement in treatment for substance use disorders: A meta-analysis.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Pooled it
- Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Efficacy of Intranasal Oxytocin to Enhance Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Predictors of concerned others' mental health and quality of life over 12 months following adults' entry into treatment for an alcohol use disorder.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Trial
- Inside Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy (ABCT): In-session speech trajectories and drinking outcomes.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Trial
- Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy: In-session behavior, active ingredients and mechanisms of behavior change.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Trial
- Coping with Partners' Alcohol Use Disorder and Relationship Adjustment: A Dyadic Analysis Among Treatment-Seeking Couples.Couple & family psychology · 2026Article
- Early liver transplantation in alcohol-associated liver disease-Evolution of practice, patient selection, management, and outcomes.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2026Review
- Supporting family caregivers: Variations in caregiving among families managing chronic health conditions.The American psychologist · 2025Article
- Associations of Romantic Partners' Characteristics with Alcohol Consumption and Binge Drinking: Examining Evidence for Gene-Environment Interaction.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025Article
- Substance use agreements: An exploratory study of dyadic coping processes related to substance use among male couples in the US.Couple & family psychology · 2025Article
- Maintaining relationship safety while promoting relationship health: Family service referrals among veterans screened for intimate partner violence.Psychological services · 2025Article
- An Integrative Model of Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Aggression Perpetration in Sexual and Gender Diverse Couples.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2025Article
- The Association between Social Contact Frequency and Intimate Partner Violence among Patients with Comorbid Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders during COVID-19.Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma · 2025Article
- The impact of emotion regulation and dyadic coping within posttraumatic stress symptoms and risky drinking patterns on relationship distress among trauma-exposed individuals.Journal of traumatic stress · 2024Article
- Quality of Life Assessment Using the WHOQOL-BREF Survey in Hospitalized Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder from Romania.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- ReACH2Gether: Iterative Development of a Couples-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol use Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV and Their Partners.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Brief relationship support as a selective suicide prevention intervention: Piloting the Relationship Checkup in veteran couples with relationship and mental health concerns.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2023Article
- Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
- Couple therapy in the 2020s: Current status and emerging developments.Family process · 2022Review
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Authors and funding
6 authors.
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Abstract
Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy (ABCT) has emerged over the last 30 years as a highly efficacious treatment for those with alcohol use disorders. This review highlights the historical and conceptual underpinnings of ABCT, as well as the specific treatment elements and structure. Proposed active ingredients, moderators, and mediators of treatment outcome are discussed. Efficacy is evaluated for reductions in identified patient drinking, improved relationship functioning, and reductions in intimate partner violence. Adaptations of ABCT for substances other than alcohol are described. Other adaptations, including brief interventions, interventions addressing PTSD and TBI along with alcohol use, and interventions deliverable via technology platforms are described. Additional cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness findings supporting the economic value of ABCT are noted. Future directions for research in this area include possible adaptations for female identified patients, nontraditional couples, LGBT partners and dyads involving nonintimate partner relationships. The development of more flexible models and enhanced dissemination strategies may improve clinical uptake and utility as well as increasing the feasibility of this treatment for integrated healthcare settings.
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