Trial reportPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2018
A randomized trial of female-specific cognitive behavior therapy for alcohol dependent women.
Trial report in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- Factors that facilitate treatment uptake for women with alcohol use disorders in high-income countries: A systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- 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
- Cost-effectiveness of individual versus group female-specific cognitive behavioral therapy for alcohol use disorder.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Trial
- 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
- Recommendations for the Design and Implementation of Alcohol Pharmacotherapy Trials: Perspectives of Women With HIV Participating in the WHAT-IF Study.Journal of addiction medicineTrial
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- Understanding Length of Stay in Recovery Homes.Journal of social work practice in the addictions · 2024Article
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- Understanding recovery Capital in relation to categorical 12-Step involvement and abstinence social support.Addiction research & theory · 2022Article
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- An examination of abstinence social support among recovery home residents with psychiatric comorbidity.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Menstrual cycle phase, alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, and mood among women in outpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Article
- The Role of Affect in Psychosocial Treatments for Substance Use Disorders.Current addiction reports · 2020Article
- Treatment Interventions for Women With Alcohol Use Disorder.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2020Review
- Improvement in women's cardiovascular functioning during cognitive-behavioral therapy for alcohol use disorder.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Observational
- Characterizing Participation and Perceived Engagement Benefits in an Integrated Digital Behavioral Health Recovery Community for Women: A Cross-Sectional Survey.JMIR mental health · 2019Article
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Abstract
This study compared Female-Specific Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (FS-CBT) to evidence-based, gender-neutral CBT (GN-CBT; Epstein & McCrady, 2009) for women with alcohol use disorder (AUD). Women (N = 99) with AUD, mean age 48, were randomly assigned to 12 outpatient manual-guided sessions of FS-CBT (n = 44) or GN-CBT (n = 55). Women were assessed at baseline and 3, 9 and 15 months after baseline for drinking and for specific issues common among women with AUD. A FS-CBT protocol was developed that was discriminable on treatment integrity ratings from GN-CBT. No treatment condition differences were found in treatment engagement, changes in drinking, alcohol-related coping, abstinence self-efficacy, motivation to change, or constructs directly targeted in FS-CBT (sociotropy, autonomy, depression, anxiety). Women in both conditions were highly engaged and satisfied with treatment, and reported significant reductions in drinking and changes in desired directions for all other variables except social support for abstinence. In the year following treatment, women in the FS-CBT but not in the CBT condition reported an increase in percentage of abstainers in their social networks (0.69% per month, SE = 0.21, p = .002). The value and appeal of female-specific programming in AUD treatment has been established in the wider literature (Epstein & Menges, 2013), and the current study provides support for the use of the Female-Specific Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (FS-CBT) manual as an option that may yield outcomes similar to standard gender-neutral CBT for women with AUD. Future research should examine whether FS-CBT enhances treatment utilization for women. (PsycINFO Database Record
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