Drinking to cope with negative emotions moderates alcohol use disorder treatment response in patients with co-occurring anxiety disorder

Highlights • Drinking to cope (DTC) promotes alcohol problems in those with anxiety disorder. • DTC level differentiated treatment response in anxiety-alcohol disorder patients. • High DTC patients responded best to a CBT designed to reduce DTC. • Low DTC patients did not respond differentially to t...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2016-02, Vol.159, p.93-100
Main Authors: Anker, J.J, Kushner, M.G, Thuras, P, Menk, J, Unruh, A.S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohol-Related Disorders - complications
Alcohol-Related Disorders - therapy
Anxiety disorder
Anxiety Disorders - complications
Autogenic Training
CBT treatment
Cognitive Therapy
Comorbidity
Drinking motives
Emotions - drug effects
Female
Humans
Male
Personality Inventory
Psychiatry
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Highlights • Drinking to cope (DTC) promotes alcohol problems in those with anxiety disorder. • DTC level differentiated treatment response in anxiety-alcohol disorder patients. • High DTC patients responded best to a CBT designed to reduce DTC. • Low DTC patients did not respond differentially to the CBT vs. control. • DTC level marks clinically meaningful anxiety-alcohol disorder subgroups.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.11.031