Digital psychological self-care for problematic alcohol use: feasibility of a new clinical concept.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital interventions based on cognitive-behavioural therapy and relapse prevention can increase treatment access for people with problematic alcohol use, but for these interventions to be cost-effective, clinician workload needs to remain low while ensuring patient adherence and effects. Digital psychological self-care is the provision of a self-guided digital intervention within a structured care process.

Aims

To investigate the feasibility and preliminary effects of digital psychological self-care for reducing alcohol consumption.

Method

Thirty-six adults with problematic alcohol use received digital psychological self-care during 8 weeks, including telephone assessments as well as filling out self-rated questionnaires, before, directly after and 3 month

SUBMITTER: Kraepelien M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10228278 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature