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Psychosocial Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Concurrent Problem Alcohol and Illicit Drug Users

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Systematic Review

Source: The Cochrane Collaborative

Last Reviewed: December 2018

Workgroups: Substance Use Workgroup

In this Cochrane systematic review, the Cochrane Collaborative found that there’s not enough high-quality evidence to determine which psychosocial interventions  are most effective for reducing alcohol use in people who use illicit drugs. Researchers also found that the interventions have little or no effect on abstinence, reduced drinking, and substance use.

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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Reduce the proportion of people under 21 years who engaged in binge drinking in the past month — SU‑09
Little or no detectable change
Reduce the proportion of people aged 21 years and over who engaged in binge drinking in the past month — SU‑10
LHI label
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

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Klimas, J., Fairgrieve, C., Tobin, H., Field, C.A., O'Gorman, C.S.M., Glynn, L.G., Keenan, E., Saunders, J., Bury, G., Dunne, C. & Cullen, W. (2018). Psychosocial interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug users. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 (12). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009269.pub4.