NCT02112396

Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) for Treatment-resistant Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorders

Psychosocial Intervention for Relatives of Individuals Suffering From Chronic Alcohol Dependence

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 89 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Luebeck · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The present study examines the efficacy of the Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) for Concerned Significant Others (CSOs) of individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) using a randomized waiting list (WL) control group. It is hypothesized that after the Intervention group has received CRAFT and prior to the WL- group having received CRAFT, treatment utilization of individuals with AUDs are substantially elevated in the Intervention group.

Detailed description

CRAFT is an evidence-based intervention aiming to promote treatment entry by treatment refusing individuals suffering from addiction by coaching their Concerned Significant others (e.g., family members). The intervention is based on diverse elements such as communication training, contingency management, functional analysis of problem behaviors and strategies to improve the live of CSOs and aims to rearrange contingencies in the natural environment of the drinkers so that clean behavior is reinforced and drinking behavior is effectively discouraged. The intervention was developed for adult CSOs and usually consists of up to 12 weekly face-to-face sessions with a duration of one hour each.

Conditions

• Alcohol Dependence
• Alcohol Abuse

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Community Reinforcement and Family Training	The Intervention is based on the CRAFT literature and includes Building and sustaining motivation of CSOs, functional analysis of problem behaviors, domestic violence precautions (if mandatory), improving communication skills of CSOs, use of negative consequences of drinking behavior, positive reinforcement of clean and sober behavior, strategies to enrich CSOs lives, and strategies for inviting the addicted individual to enter treatment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-03-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2014-04-14
• Last updated: 2014-04-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany