Problems with alcohol use are common and often occur with other psychological and social
problems as well. Left untreated, alcohol use disorder can have significant impact on a …

Problems with alcohol use are common and often occur in conjunction with other
psychological and social problems. Left untreated, alcohol use disorder (AUD) can have …

What follows is the first of two chapters devoted to a cognitive-behavioral approach to the
treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence. The goal of this chapter is to provide a state …

Numerous effective behavioral therapies have been developed that can bring the treatment
to the patient rather than bringing the patient to treatment. These behavioral therapy …

Cognitive-behavioral theories explain alcoholism as a learned behavior that can be
changed using the same behavior modification interventions employed to alter other learned …

Alcohol use disorders have a 30% lifetime prevalence rate and are associated with
numerous problems, including disease, injury, social impairment, occupational dysfunction …

Cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) is one of the most commonly used and extensively
studied treatments to reduce and/or eliminate alcohol and other substance abuse and …

Medicine 1990), refocused alcohol treatment research toward an emphasis on developing,
standardizing, and disseminating new behavioral thera pies to expand the reach of alcohol …

Over the last 20 years there has been a substantial increase in the use of alcohol and drugs
in industrialized nations and a concomitant shift in the emphasis of treatment for alcohol and …

Abstract Background and Aims There is little RCT evidence that brief interventions improve
treatment seeking in individuals with severe alcohol use disorder (AUD) or treatment …