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REVIEW article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Substance Use Disorders and Behavioral Addictions
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1371497
This article is part of the Research Topic Substance Use Disorder: Above and Beyond Addiction, Volume II View all 5 articles

Psychosocial Treatment Options for Adolescents and Young Adults with Alcohol Use Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Provisionally accepted
Getaneh Belay Getaneh Belay Mak Y. Wah Mak Y. Wah Frances K. Wong Frances K. Wong Ka Wai Katherine Lam Ka Wai Katherine Lam Qi LIU Qi LIU Funa Yang Funa Yang Ting Mao Ting Mao Cynthia S. Wu Cynthia S. Wu Ka Yan Ho Ka Yan Ho *
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR China

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    Introduction: Psychosocial intervention is imperative for treating alcohol use disorder (AUD), but there is no comprehensive evidence regarding its effectiveness. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in treating AUD among adolescents and young adults.In this systematic review and meta-analysis, articles were searched from EMBASE, PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Scopus. Also, articles were retrieved from gray literature. The quality of articles has been assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias assessment.Result: A total of 12 randomized controlled trials were included. Integrated family and CBT, CBT, guided self-change, and ecologically based family therapy had a mild effect in reducing alcohol use frequency. On the other hand, integrated motivational enhancement therapy and CBT (-0.71 [95% CI: -0.97, -0.45]) and common elements treatment approaches (4.5 [95% CI: 6.9, 2.2]) had the highest effect size for reducing alcohol use frequency and amount, respectively. In conclusion, most of the interventions had no significant effect on different drinking outcomes. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of combined interventions surpassed that of the single interventions. The effect of psychosocial interventions on abstinence was inconclusive. Therefore, future studies will explore alternative, newly emerged third-wave therapeutic approaches.

    Keywords: alcohol use disorder, Psychosocial Interventions, adolescents, young adults, Systematic review

    Received: 16 Jan 2024; Accepted: 22 Apr 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Belay, Wah, Wong, Lam, LIU, Yang, Mao, Wu and Ho. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ka Yan Ho, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR China

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