Yale University School of Medicine Researcher Reports Research in HIV/AIDS (Integrated stepped alcohol treatment with contingency management for unhealthy alcohol use among people with HIV: A randomized controlled trial).

A recent study conducted by researchers at Yale University School of Medicine examined the impact of integrated stepped alcohol treatment with contingency management (ISAT+CM) on alcohol abstinence among people with HIV (PWH) and unhealthy alcohol use. The study involved 120 PWH and found that ISAT+CM delivered in HIV clinics modestly increased self-reported 3-week abstinence among participants. The researchers concluded that there is a need for more effective treatments to promote abstinence and that ISAT+CM may have a potential role in reducing alcohol use among PWH. [Extracted from the article]