Efficacy of the Unified Protocol for the treatment of comorbid alcohol use and anxiety disorders: Study protocol and methods.

ABSTRACT: Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and anxiety disorders (ANX) are each highly prevalent and frequently co-occur, resulting in a complex clinical presentation. The existing literature to date has not yet identified how to best treat comorbid AUD/ANX, partially due to limitations in understanding what factors and mechanisms are implicated in their co-occurrence. This manuscript describes the rationale and methods for an ongoing randomized-controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral intervention, the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP), compared to Take Control (TC), a psychosocial and motivational treatment serving as a control condition in this study, for comorbid AUD/ANX. Sixty individuals with comorbid AUD/ANX will be random

SUBMITTER: Farchione TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9353761 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature