Journal
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 11, Pages 987-997Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0269881113495320
Keywords
Alcohol dependence; reduced-risk drinking; controlled drinking; abstinence; alcohol disorder
Funding
- Lundbeck
- Alkermes
- Neurotech
- Eli Lilly
- Schering-Plough
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This review describes and discusses studies related to reduced-risk drinking as an additional treatment option for patients with problematic alcohol use and alcohol dependence. The review provides some empirical support for the following statements: (a) reduced-risk drinking is a viable option for at least some problem and dependent drinkers; (b) abstinence and non-abstinence-based treatments appear to be equally effective; (c) allowing patients to choose their treatment goal increases the success rate. The relatively short follow-up period (1-2 years) of the studies hampers a proper evaluation of the added value of the reduced-risk drinking approach.
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