Alcohol Use Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
Based on previous research (Odenwald & Semrau, 2012) the investigators know that psychoeducation on comorbid mental disorders during residential alcohol detoxification can improve subsequent treatment utilization. In this study they will study a hypothesized psychological mechanism that contributes to this behavior change. The investigators will recruit alcohol dependent patients in residential detox treatment who all receive Treatment as Usual. Participants will be randomly assigned to an additional psychoeducational group therapy (intervention group) or to an additional neuropsychological group training (control group). Measurements will take place on the day before study inclusion, one week later and one month after release from index residential treatment. Measurements will include alcohol-related risk perception, alcohol use, treatment motivation, comorbid psychiatric symptoms and whether the patient has regularly completed treatment and whether he/she has been transferred to subsequent treatment. Furthermore, six months after release from index treatment information on re-admission to the clinic is assessed from patient files. The investigators hypothesize that the behavioral effects of psychoeducational group intervention will be mediated by adaptive changes of the individual's alcohol-related risk perception.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPsychoeducational Group Intervention on Alcohol Drinking Related to Stress
Manualized and standardized psychotherapeutic group intervention with three sessions of 60 min duration each which are to be delivered in a one-week period.
BEHAVIORALCognitive Training
Manualized and standardized psychotherapeutic group intervention with three sessions of 60 min duration each which are to be delivered in a one-week period.
Sponsors
Centre for Psychiatry Reichenau, Germany
University of Konstanz
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Alcohol Dependence (according to ICD-10)
Exclusion criteria
* treatment episode is acute crisis intervention * acute psychosis * acute suicidality * no command of German language (reading writing)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire on Alcohol-related Risk Perception | one week | The patient's self-reported rating of the patient's own perception of alcohol-related risks in the German Questionnaire on Alcohol-related Risk Perception (Klepper, Odenwald & Rockstroh, 2016). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment completion | One month after study completion | Binary variable: The patient regularly completes the residential detox treatment or he/she can prematurely end the treatment (treatment drop out). |
| Transfer to subsequent treatment | One month after study completion | Binary variable: Patient is directly transferred from detox treatment unit to subsequent alcohol in-patient or day-clinic treatment. |
| Alcohol relapse | four weeks | Drinking alcohol after treatment |
| Readmission to detox treatment | six months | The patient is readmitted to the same alcohol detox treatment unit |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed