Digital Phenotyping of Anxiety and Anxiety-Related Alcohol Comorbidity and Treatment
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Summary
Anxiety and anxiety-related disorders frequently co-occur with alcohol use problems resulting in an enormous humanitarian and economic cost to society. The proposed research will use digital technology to examine person-specific risk factors predicting problematic alcohol use in individuals vulnerable to anxiety and anxiety-related disorders and will use this information to design a personalized intervention for individuals seeking psychological treatment. Results from this research will integrate output from novel and innovative digital technology methods into psychotherapy, advancing research on personalized treatment and prevention efforts.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Access to a smart phone * Between 18 and 65 years * Clinically significant anxiety or trauma-related symptoms * Alcohol use problems * Interest in telehealth counseling * Anticipated New Jersey or New York residence for the duration of the study Exclusion Criteria: * Currently receiving counseling * Psychiatric medication that is not currently at a stable dose (or is not anticipated to remain at a stable dose for the duration of the study) * Demonstrated indicators of more intensive or acute care * Temporary residence within the state of New Jersey or New York or out-o…
Interventions
- BehavioralPersonalized intervention condition: Cognitive behavioral therapy skills
An 11-session cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills based intervention will be delivered to participants randomized to the personalized intervention. Influential constructs will be identified using the person specific digital phenotyping model, targeted using CBT skills, and tracked across sessions.
- BehavioralTherapeutic control condition: Cognitive behavioral therapy skills
Participants randomized to this condition will receive an 11-session CBT skills based treatment targeting a non-personalized construct selected from the person-specific digital phenotyping model.
- BehavioralTracking control condition: Supportive counseling
Participants randomized to this condition will receive 11 supportive counseling sessions that are non-directive in nature (providing support and validation for non-acute weekly stressors). Participants will continue digital phenotyping, controlling for the effect of counseling and digital phenotyping.
Location
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolPiscataway, New Jersey