Publication Title
Int J Ment Health Addict
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2018
Keywords
Alcohol treatment; Co-occurring disorders; Contingency management; Ethyl glucuronide; Heavy drinking; Serious mental illness
Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine whether the interaction between type of serious mental illness (SMI) and pre-treatment drinking severity, assessed by ethyl glucuronide (EtG), predicts EtG-positive urine samples submitted during treatment in outpatients with co-occurring alcohol dependence and SMI. Seventy-nine participants were randomized to treatment-as-usual or treatment-as-usual and contingency management (CM) targeting alcohol abstinence. Generalized estimating equations were used to assess the interaction of pre-treatment drinking (heavy drinking or light drinking) and SMI diagnosis (major depression, bipolar, or schizophrenia-spectrum disorders) across a 12-week treatment period. In the overall sample, the interaction of drinking severity and SMI diagnosis (
Area of Special Interest
Mental Health
Specialty/Research Institute
Behavioral Health
