[HTML][HTML] What is recovery?

K Witkiewitz, KS Montes, FJ Schwebel… - Alcohol Research …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders and is
associated with enormous public health costs. Although AUD and other addictive behaviors …

[HTML][HTML] Abstinence not required: Expanding the definition of recovery from alcohol use disorder

K Witkiewitz, JA Tucker - Alcoholism, clinical and experimental …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nearly one-third of individuals in the United States meet lifetime criteria for an alcohol use
disorder (AUD)(Grant et al., 2015). Fortunately, most individuals who develop an AUD will …

Defining recovery from alcohol use disorder: development of an NIAAA research definition

BT Hagman, D Falk, R Litten… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The objective of this article is to provide an operational definition of recovery from alcohol
use disorder (AUD) to facilitate the consistency of research on recovery and stimulate further …

Can alcohol use disorder recovery include some heavy drinking? A replication and extension up to 9 years following treatment

K Witkiewitz, MR Pearson, AD Wilson… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Recent research indicates some individuals who engage in heavy drinking
following treatment for alcohol use disorder fare as well as those who abstain with respect to …

Beyond abstinence: Changes in indices of quality of life with time in recovery in a nationally representative sample of US adults

JF Kelly, MC Greene… - Alcoholism: Clinical and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment and recovery research typically have
focused narrowly on changes in alcohol/drug use (eg,“percent days abstinent”) with little …

[PDF][PDF] Recovery capital: A primer for addictions professionals

W White, W Cloud - Counselor, 2008 - chestnut.org
The history of addiction treatment in America contains within it a history of key ideas that
have transformed service philosophies and practices. In the early history of modern …

Alcohol use disorder relapse factors: A systematic review

W Sliedrecht, R de Waart, K Witkiewitz, HG Roozen - Psychiatry Research, 2019 - Elsevier
A relapsing-remitting course is very common in patients with an Alcohol Use Disorder
(AUD). Understanding the determinants associated with alcohol resumption remains a …

Profiles of recovery from alcohol use disorder at three years following treatment: can the definition of recovery be extended to include high functioning heavy drinkers?

K Witkiewitz, AD Wilson, MR Pearson, KS Montes… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD) is often narrowly
defined by abstinence from alcohol and improvements in functioning (eg mental health …

Elements that define recovery: the experiential perspective

LA Kaskutas, TJ Borkman, A Laudet, LA Ritter… - Journal of studies on …, 2014 - jsad.com
Objective: Although recovery increasingly guides substance use disorder services and
policy, definitions of recovery continue to lack specificity, thereby hindering measure …

Variety in alcohol use disorder relapse definitions: Should the term “relapse” be abandoned?

W Sliedrecht, H Roozen, R de Waart, G Dom… - Journal of Studies on …, 2022 - jsad.com
Objective: The definition of relapse has been the subject of debate for decades, and a
semantic ambiguity highlighted in a 2016 article in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and …