Dismantling the Components and Dosing of CBT for Co-Occurring Disorders

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: CBT Decoupling; CBT Combined; CBT Anxiety Reduction

Treatments: Behavioral: Combined; Behavioral: De-coupling; Behavioral: Anxiety Reduction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02161211

PSYCH-2016-22016

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to establish a brief CBT intervention that can largely, if not fully eliminate the deleterious effect of common co-occurring anxiety disorders on alcohol use disorder treatment outcomes.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV diagnosis of panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and/or social anxiety disorder within the past 30 days;
• inpatient treatment at Lodging Plus primarily for alcohol (vs. other drug) dependence
• alcohol use in the 30 days preceding the study
• ability to provide informed consent
• minimum of a sixth grade reading level (deemed necessary to complete study materials);
• willingness to provide contact information to confirm study follow-up appointments
• lives within proximity to the Twin Cities (e.g., within about an hour's drive) for the purpose attending follow-up visits

Exclusion criteria

• lifetime history of psychosis or mania by history
• cognitive or physical impairment that precludes study participation
• currently and seriously suicidal (i.e., plan and intent)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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300 participants in 3 patient groups

De-coupling

Experimental group

Description:

Six sessions of CBT for anxiety-alcohol de-coupling

Treatment:

Behavioral: De-coupling

Anxiety Reduction

Experimental group

Description:

Six sessions of CBT for anxiety reduction.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Anxiety Reduction

Combined

Experimental group

Description:

Three sessions devoted to anxiety reduction and to anxiety-alcohol de-coupling each.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Combined