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Smartphone app helps support recovery after treatment for alcoholism
March 27, 2014 by NewsBot
A smartphone application appears to help patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) reduce risky drinking days compared to patients who received usual care after leaving treatment in a residential program. The research is published in JAMA Psychiatry. Alcohol dependence is a lifetime psychiatric diagnosis with relapse rates similar to other chronic illnesses.