Evaluation of a Smartphone App Intervention with Telephone Guidance as Transitional Support from Inpatient Treatment to Continuing Care for Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Our findings provide supportive evidence for digital AUD transition treatment. Specifically, we found that, in comparison with access standard continuing care, the novel intervention more effectively reduced risk of relapse within 6 months following inpatient treatment.
Authors
- Yaroslav Kiderman
- Matthias Berking (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5903-4748)
- Mark Stemmler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4321-1302)
- Kiona K. Weisel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1800-0044)
- Dominikus Bönsch
- S. Saur
- Mathias Zink
- Lukas Fuhrmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1198-6146)
- Daniela Reichl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4696-7001)
- Peter Falkai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2873-8667)
- Sabine Steins‐Loeber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7651-0627)
- Johannes Kornhuber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8096-3987)
- Philipp Spitzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9555-605X)
- Thomas Hillemacher
- Peter Heepe
- Wolf‐Dietrich Braunwarth
- Anja Hildebrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2473-0174)
- Thomas Kraus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9486-7371)
- Catharina Lang
- Gabriele Koller
- Niklas Meurer
Institutions
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (DE)
- Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität (DE)
- Klinik für Psychosomatik (DE)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- University of Bamberg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000545817
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00