A new, low-cost e-health treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder using mental imagery.

Professor David J. Kavanagh0 sites480 target enrollmentApril 13, 2016

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

April 13, 2016

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Professor David J. Kavanagh

•Participants will be aged 18 years or over and report consuming \>40 gm of ethanol (4 standard drinks)/day on average in the past 4 weeks. They will fulfil criteria for current DSM\-5 Alcohol Use Disorder and deny intravenous drug use or \>twice\-weekly cannabis use in the last month. They will not be in concurrent psychological treatment for substance use, and if on naltrexone or acamprosate, will have been on a stable dose for \>4 weeks. If highly dependent on alcohol or drinking \>700 gm ethanol/week, they will obtain a medical assessment and agree to any medical treatment that is needed, including a medically supervised detoxification if required. They must have access to a smartphone to be able to use the treatment app.

•Exclusion criteria include insufficient English to read or converse without translation, pregnancy or high dependence on medical care, unmodified hearing impairment, significant cognitive deficit, history of \>3 days of psychosis, and acute current suicidality.