Background: Smartphone apps are an increasingly popular means for delivering
psychological interventions to patients suffering from a mental disorder. In line with this …

Background/Objective: Determining the predictive variables associated with levels of alcohol
craving can ease the identification of patients who can benefit from treatments. This study …

Background Cue exposure therapy is used to treat alcohol dependence. However, its
effectiveness is controversial due to the limitations of the clinical treatment setting. Virtual …

Results Literature review has identified a number of interventions aimed at limiting alcohol
use. They can be divided into three categories: 1) telephone applications, 2) websites, 3) …

Background: Cue exposure therapy (CET) is a psychological approach developed to
prepare individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) for confronting alcohol and associated …

Background: Although the number of alcohol-related treatments in app stores is proliferating,
none of them are based on a psychological framework and supported by empirical …

Background The marketing of alcohol influences patterns of alcohol consumption. Existing
studies have focused, for the most part, on adolescents and the links between exposure to …

Excessive alcohol consumption is one of the most important lifestyle factors affecting the
disease burden in the Western world. The results of treatment in daily practice are modest at …

Aims Many patients with alcohol use disorders are challenged by cravings leading to
repeated relapses. Both cue exposure therapy (CET) and acamprosate target alcohol …

The identification of variables that can modulate the efficacy of cue exposure using virtual
reality (VR) is crucial. This study aimed to explore determinant variables of cue-elicited …