Combining Motivational Interviewing With Compliance Enhancement Therapy (MI-CET): Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a New Manual-Guided Psychosocial Adjunct to Alcohol-Dependence Pharmacotherapy

摘要

Objective:Psychosocial interventions that are practical, transportable, and effective in promoting treatment adherence and efficacy are greatly needed in both research and clinical settings involving alcohol-dependence pharmacotherapy. In this article, we describe the development and preliminary evaluation of an integrative treatment blending motivational interviewing and compliance enhancement therapy (MI-CET) as a means of enhancing adherence and retention in an ongoing clinical trial.