Training alcohol-related attentional biases in alcohol-dependence. What are the neurocognitive effects?
- Conditions
- alcohol dependencealcohol addiction and alcohol dependence
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON44641
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
* Male and female alcohol dependent out-patients, aged between 18-70 years
* Current DSM-V diagnosis of alcohol dependence
* Right-handed.
* Within the normal BMI range (18-30).
* Able to speak and understand Dutch.
* Able to speak and understand English.
* Impairments in visual processing or in hand-eye coordination (this would make it difficult for patients to perform properly in the scanner)
* Being on anticraving medication (naltrexon, campral of baclofen).
* No previous or current abuse of drugs other than alcohol (excluding nicotine, cannabis and caffeine)
* Pregnancy, trying to conceive or breastfeeding.
* Having any metal implants, working or having worked with metal, teeth braces or bridges, tattoos above the shoulder, or cardiac pacemaker.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome measure will be the number of alcohol-containing drinks a<br /><br>patient drank during the training period and during the month after the end of<br /><br>the training. This will be assessed using a questionnaire-based self-report<br /><br>measure. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method