Elucidating the Effect of a Brief Drinking Intervention Using Neuroimaging: A Preliminary Study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Brief interventions have empirical support for acutely reducing alcohol use among non-treatment-seeking heavy drinkers. Neuroimaging techniques allow for the examination of the neurobiological effect of behavioral interventions, probing brain systems putatively involved in clinical response to treatment. Few studies have prospectively evaluated whether psychosocial interventions attenuate neural cue reactivity that in turn reduces drinking in the same population. This study aimed to examine the effect of a brief intervention on drinking outcomes, neural alcohol cue reactivity, and the ability of neural alcohol cue reactivity to prospectively predict drinking outcomes. METHODS:Non-treatment-seeking heavy drinking participants were randomized to receive a brief interview intervent

SUBMITTER: Grodin EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6370530 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature