Targeting individuals with problematic alcohol use via web-based cognitive-behavioral self-help modules, personalized screening feedback or assessment only: A randomized controlled trial

European Addiction Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 305-318

  Sinadinovic, Kristina ^a,b   Wennberg, Peter ^a,c   Johansson, Magnus ^b   Berman, Anne H ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Center for Dependency Disorders   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief interventions; Cognitive behavioral treatment program; Internet; Personalized feedback; Randomized controlled trial; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; SELF HELP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910647833     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362406     Document Type: Article

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