Comorbid alcohol dependence and anxiety disorder: Effect of concurrent mood and personality disorders on treatment outcomes

Alcohol dependent individuals who also were diagnosed with an anxiety disorder were treated with one of two cognitive-behavioral treatments. Treatment ALC, consisting of 6 sessions of alcohol-specific treatment was compared to treatment ALCANX consisting of 6 sessions of alcohol-specific treatment followed by 4 anxiety-specific sessions. At the end-of-treatment, no significant differences on measures of alcohol consumption or psychiatric (including anxiety) symptomatology were found. Both groups improved to a significant degree. Post-hoc analyses, based on the high degree of other, especially mood and personality disorder, comorbidity in addition to the alcohol use/anxiety disorder indicated that individuals who had the most comorbidity did the poorest on alcohol and psychiatric measures. Implications for the cognitive-behavioral treatment of concurrent alcohol dependence and anxiety disorder are discussed.

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  Medicine, Psychology

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