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Treatment of comorbid alcohol use disorders and depression with cognitive‐behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing: a meta‐analysis

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Riper, Heleen, Andersson, Gerhard, Hunter, Sarah B., Wit, Jessica, Berking, Matthias, Cuijpers, Pim·2014·Addiction

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: To review published studies on the effectiveness of combining cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and motivational interviewing (MI) to treat comorbid clinical and subclinical alcohol use disorder (AUD) and major depression (MDD) and estimate the effect of this compared with usual care. METHODS: We conducted systematic literature searches in PubMed, PsycINFO and Embase up to June 2013 and identified additional studies through cross-references in included studies and systematic reviews. Twelve studies comprising 1721 patients met our inclusion criteria. The studies had sufficient statistical power to detect small effect sizes. RESULTS: CBT/MI proved effective for treating subclinical and clinical AUD and MDD compared with controls, with small overall effect sizes at post-treatment [g=0.17, confidence interval (CI)=0.07-0.28, P<0.001 for decrease of alcohol consumption and g=0.27, CI: 0.13-0.41, P<0.001 for decrease of symptoms of depression, respectively]. Subgroup analyses revealed no significant differences for both AUD and MDD. However, digital interventions showed a higher effect size for depression than face-to-face interventions (g= 0.73 and g=0.23, respectively, P=0.030). CONCLUSIONS: Combined cognitive-behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing for clinical or subclinical depressive and alcohol use disorders has a small but clinically significant effect in treatment outcomes compared with treatment as usual.

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  • CBT is the standard of care for many psychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, addiction, chronic pain and sleeping disturbance (insomnia) across the spectrum of acuity.

    “CBT is the standard of care for many psychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, addiction, chronic pain and sleeping disturbance (insomnia) across the spectrum of acuity.16–20”

    From A study protocol for a non-randomised comparison trial evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of a mobile cognitive-behavioural programme with integrated coaching for anxious adults in primary care (2018) · cites this paper as [16]

    The Introduction describes CBT as effective for depression and alcohol use disorders, and the Discussion reports small but significant effects of combined CBT and motivational interviewing for people with both conditions (page numbers unavailable). The paper does not establish CBT as the standard of care, or address its use for eating disorders, chronic pain, insomnia, or the full spectrum of acuity. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Riper, H., Andersson, G., Hunter, S. B., Wit, J., Berking, M., & Cuijpers, P.
Affiliations
  • Leuphana University of Lüneburg (DE)
  • Linköping University (SE)
  • RAND Corporation (US)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
  • Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
Corresponding author
Riper, Heleen
Venue
Addiction
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-01-16
Volume
109
Issue
3
Pages
394-406
ISSN
  • 0965-2140 (ISSN-L)
  • 1360-0443
OpenAlex
W1522072170
Cited by
276
References
78
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FWCI
1.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Keywords
alcoholism, major depressive disorder, comorbidities, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, combined psychotherapy, digital interventions, alcohol consumption, depressive symptoms
MeSH terms
Major Depressive Disorder, Humans, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Alcohol-Related Disorders, Motivational Interviewing

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