Psychological Test Data of Depressed, Nondepressed and Relapsed Alcoholics Receiving Pharmacological Aversion *

Abstract

SummaryA test battery consisting of the Beck Depression Inventory, Zung Self‐Rating Depression Scale, Rathus Assertiveness Schedule, and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory was administered to newly admitted alcoholic patients receiving pharmacological aversion treatment at a private facility. The results found 42 per cent of these patients to be clinically depressed. This depressed group was also significantly more depressed than relapsed patients readmitted for further treatment. The depressed group appeared qualitatively different in being younger and in reporting significantly more psycho‐pathology on the MMPI. In addition, significant sex differences appeared in that women reported more psychopathology and less overall social skill than their male counterparts. Arguments were presented for both assessing and treating depression and social skill deficits in multifaceted treatment programmes for alcoholics.

Clinical Interventions for Adults with Comorbid Alcohol Use and Depressive Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

“…All studies randomized individual participants (rather than clusters of participants) to intervention groups. Aside from one three-arm trial (Zielinski, 1979) and one four-arm trial (Pettinati et al, 2010), all other studies (33; 94 percent) randomized participants to either of two intervention groups. Studies were published from 1971 to 2017: 4 (11 percent) in the 1970s, 2 (6 percent) in the 1980s, 6 (17 percent) in the 1990s, 12 (34 percent) in the 2000s, and 11 (31 percent) in the 2010s.…”

“…In the psychological network, the most common nodes were CBT (three trial groups; 230 participants), psychological placebo (three trial groups; 55 participants), and no additional treatment (three trial groups; 238 participants), with SMS versus psychological placebo as the most frequent direct comparison (three comparisons). The only two head-to-head comparisons of (Zielinski, 1979) and another of IPT versus SP (Markowitz et al, 2008).…”