Use of a "psychotherapy with no pills" treatment condition as part of a combined pharmacotherapy-psychotherapy research study of alcohol dependence

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 15, 2005, Pages 43-49

  Weiss, Roger D ^a   LoCastro, Joseph S ^b   Swift, Robert ^c   Zweben, Allen ^d   Miller, William R ^e   Longabaugh, Richard ^f   Hosking, James D ^g  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; DISULFIRAM; DOPAMINE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE; PLACEBO;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

ALCOHOLISM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 23944516823     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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