Purpose

Project Motion is a clinical research study for people seeking to reduce, but not stop their drinking. Individuals who qualify will receive a comprehensive assessment and brief individual psychotherapy at no cost. The purpose of our study is to understand how brief psychotherapy helps people reduce alcohol consumption and drinking problems.Individuals who qualify and decide to participate will be assigned by chance to one of three conditions. Individuals assigned to the first two conditions will receive brief psychotherapy, beginning the first week of their participation in the study. Individuals in the third condition will receive feedback on their drinking and be asked to reduce their drinking with the aid of telephone self-monitoring for a period of 8 weeks. Individuals in the third condition will then receive psychotherapy as well. The delay of 8 weeks will allow us to understand how the psychotherapy works compared to how people change without counseling.

Type of Study: Clinical Trial
Setting of Study: outpatient
Clinical Trials.gov number: 
Providing Clinical Treatment?: Yes
No Cost Treatment?: Yes
Care is provided in languages: English

Study Activities

Filling Out Forms
Computer Tasks
Provides Payment: Compensation for study related procedures

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years - 65 Years
Genders Eligible for Study: Both
This study is not recruiting Healthy Volunteers.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:
age 18-65
primary current diagnosis of alcohol use disorder
have an average weekly consumption of >24 standard drinks (A standard drink is defined as 1.5 oz of 80 proof distilled spirits, a 5 oz. glass of wine, or a 12 oz. beer. These are all estimated to have about 0.5 oz or 9 grams of pure ethanol.)
able to read English at the eighth grade or higher level and show no evidence of significant cognitive impairment
are willing to reduce drinking to non-hazardous levels
are willing to provide signed informed consent to participate
agree not to seek additional substance abuse treatment during study period


Links
Project Motion

Location: 1775 Broadway New York, NY 10019
Clinic: 
Division: 

Study chairs or principal investigators:
Jon Morgenstern Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Co-investigators:
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