A comparison of methods for estimating change in drinking following alcohol treatment

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2116-2125

  Witkiewitz, Katie ^a   Maisto, Stephen A ^b   Donovan, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Treatment; Growth Models; Heterogeneity; Mixture Models; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; NALTREXONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH MIXTURE MODEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT GROWTH CURVE ANALYSIS; LATENT MARKOV MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649561287     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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