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Current Project <back>

Title: National correspondence program to reduce alcohol consumption and co-occurring disorders (depression/anxiety): A randomised controlled trial

NDARC Staff: Richard Mattick

Other investigators: Thiagarajan Sitharthan (Western Sydney Area Drug and Alcohol Services)

Aims:
The aims of the project are to: (a) conduct a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of correspondence treatments (treatments by mail) to problem drinkers who have a co-occurring mental disorders, namely, anxiety and depression; and (b) identify the predictors of favourable treatment outcomes.

Start Date: March 2005

Expected Completion Date: August 2005

Code: 2005/2006 - T15

Funding: Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation

Contact person: Richard Mattick (r.mattick@unsw.edu.au)