We've developed several software programs for individuals who are wondering whether they should change their drinking, for drinkers who want to moderate their drinking, for therapists working with clients with alcohol problems, and for trainers who work with other counselors and therapists. Here's our current offerings below.
New. We're developing a web application for SMART Recovery, Overcoming Addictions, that we will be evaluating in a randomized clinical trial starting in September, 2011.
College Drinker's Check-up. This is a brief motivational intervention for heavy drinking college students. Click here for a description and here for more details and to actually take a look at the program.
ModerateDrinking.com
| New. ModerateDrinking.com has been included in SAMSHA's National Register of Evidence-based Programs and Practices. Click here to go to their site for description of the program. |  |
If you're trying to achieve and/or maintain moderate drinking and are looking for a self-help book or software, consider
- ModerateDrinking.com is a new, evidence-based, web application for heavy drinkers. It is comprehensive, interactive, and personalized and it helps heavy drinkers be successful in changing their drinking. The elements of the program are listed below.
This is a subscription-based training program. All net profits are donated to Moderation Management. Users can unsubscribe at any time.
Dr. Reid Hester, Director of the Research Division of Behavior Therapy Associates (www.behaviortherapy.com) developed ModerateDrinking with funding from NIAAA. As part of this grant he conducted a randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of the program (in combination with participation in Moderation Management). The study demonstrated that the program is effective in helping heavy drinkers change their drinking. An abstract of one of the papers reporting the results are available here.
Here's a video demo of the program is
The elements of the program include:
• Building motivation and self-confidence
• Set drink goals/limits
• "Doing a 30"
• Self-monitoring drinking (with personalized feedback relative to your goals)
• Rate control
• Personal drinking rules
• Self-monitoring urges to drink (w/ personalized feedback)
• Identifying and managing triggers
• Developing alternatives
• Problem solving
• Dealing with lapses and/or relapses
• Considering abstinence
• Self-monitoring one's own mood (w/feedback relative to baseline).
The Drinker's Check-up (DCU)
| The Drinker's Check-up has been included in SAMSHA's National Register of Evidence-based Programs and Practices. Click here for a description of the Drinker's Check-up | |
The DCU is a brief motivational intervention for heavy drinkers who are ambivalent about whether or not to change their drinking. It's available as a Windows program for therapists who work with these individuals and as a web application for drinkers to use themselves.
The Windows version of the DCU also has a follow-up component, the Follow-up Drinker's Check-up (FDCU). The FDCU allows therapists to collect follow-up data at up to three different follow-ups. Outcome data collection is automated and therapists also can create detailed outcome reports for individual clients, for their entire sample of clients, and for specific sub-groups of clients. Essentially it could be used for program evaluation.
We have completed a randomized clinical trial of the Windows version of the DCU and 2005 paper reporting the outcomes in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment is availabe by request. Participants in the clinical trial reduced their drinking, alcohol-related problems, and symptoms of dependence by 50%, on average, from baseline to the 12 month follow-up.
Order the Therapist's version of the Drinker's Check-up program The online version for drinkers themselves is here.
ModerateDrinking.com
If you're trying to achieve and/or maintain moderate drinking and are looking for a self-help book or software, consider
- New. ModerateDrinking.com is a new, evidence-based, web application for heavy drinkers. It is comprehensive, interactive, and personalized and it helps heavy drinkers be successful in changing their drinking. The elements of the program are listed below.
This is a subscription-based training program. All net profits will be donated to Moderation Management. Users can unsubscribe at any time.
Dr. Reid Hester, Director of the Research Division of Behavior Therapy Associates (www.behaviortherapy.com) developed ModerateDrinking with funding from NIAAA. As part of this grant he conducted a randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of the program (in combination with participation in Moderation Management). The study demonstrated that the program is effective in helping heavy drinkers change their drinking. An abstract of one of the papers reporting the results are available here.
Here's a video demo of the program is
The elements of the program include:
• Building motivation and self-confidence
• Set drink goals/limits
• "Doing a 30"
• Self-monitoring drinking (with personalized feedback relative to your goals)
• Rate control
• Personal drinking rules
• Self-monitoring urges to drink (w/ personalized feedback)
• Identifying and managing triggers
• Developing alternatives
• Problem solving
• Dealing with lapses and/or relapses
• Considering abstinence
• Self-monitoring one's own mood (w/feedback relative to baseline).
Page last updated August 16, 2011.