- 5HT(1A, 3)
5-hydroxytryptamine (subtypes)
- AA
Alcoholics Anonymous
- AAF
alcohol-attributable fraction
- AAIS
Adolescent Alcohol Involvement Scale
- ACAM
acamprosate
- ACE (-R)
Addenbrooke's Cognitive Evaluation (– Revised)
- ACT
assertive community treatment
- ADHD
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- ADI
Adolescent Drinking Index
- ADS
Alcohol Dependence Scale
- AfC
Agenda for Change
- AFCS
alcohol-focused coping skills
- AFLS
alcohol-focused life skills
- AFPSY
alcohol-focused psychoeducation
- AFSI
alcohol-focused spousal involvement
- AGREE
Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation Instrument
- AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (United States)
- ALT
alanine amino transferase
- AMED
Allied and Complementary Medicine Database
- ANARP
Alcohol Needs Assessment Research Project
- ANOVA
analysis of variance
- APA
American Psychiatric Association
- APQ
Alcohol Problems Questionnaire
- AQ
Alcohol Questionnaire
- ASAM
American Society of Addiction Medicine
- ASI
Addiction Severity Index
- ASPD
antisocial personality disorder
- AST
aspartate amino transferase
- ATR
Access to Recovery
- AUD
alcohol-use disorder
- AUDIT (-C)
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (– Consumption)
- AVI
Swedish Alcohol Use Inventory
- AWS
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Scale
- BCE
behavioural cue exposure
- BCT
behavioural couples therapy
- BMJ
British Medical Journal
- BNF
British National Formulary
- BRT
brief relationship therapy
- BSCT
behavioural self-control training
- BSM(T)
behavioural self-management (training)
- BST
broad-spectrum treatment
- BT
behavioural therapy
- Ca
calcium
- CAD
cumulative abstinence duration
- C/AF
couples therapy–alcohol focused
- CAMHS
child and adolescent mental health services
- CASI-A
Comprehensive Addiction Severity Inventory for Adolescents
- CBMMT
cognitive behavioural mood management training
- CBT
cognitive behavioural therapy
- CCSE
Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination
- CCM
clinical case management
- CCoun1
advice counselling (couples counselling)
- CDDR
Customary Drinking and Drug Use Record
- CDP
Comprehensive Drinker Profile
- CDT
carbohydrate-deficient transferrin
- CD-ROM
compact disc – read-only memory
- CDSES
Controlled Drinking Self-Efficacy Scale
- CDSR
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- CDU
chemical dependency unit
- CE
cue exposure
- CENTRAL
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
- CEO
Chief Executive Officer
- CG
control group
- CI
confidence interval
- CIDI
Composite International Diagnostic Interview
- CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
- CISS
Christo Inventory for Substance Misuse Services
- CIWA-AD
Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment
- CIWA-Ar
Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Scale for Alcohol, revised
- CLB
Cognitive Laterality Battery
- CLDH
Cognitive Lifetime Drinking History
- CM
case management
- CMA
Canadian Medical Association
- COMBINE
combining medications and behavioural interventions
- CONT
control
- COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- COPSK
coping-/social-skills training group
- COUNS
counselling
- CPN
community psychiatric nurse
- CRD
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
- CRFT
community reinforcement and family training
- CrI
credible interval
- CS
coping skills
- CSPRS
Collaborative Study Psychotherapy Rating Scale
- CST
communication skills training
- CSTF
communication skills training with family therapy
- CT-8
conjoint therapy (eight sessions)
- CTS
Cognitive Therapy Scale
- CYT
Cannabis Youth Trial
- DANOS
Drug and Alcohol National Occupational Standards
- DARE
Cochrane Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
- DCU
drinker's check-up
- DDD
drinks per drinking day
- df
degrees of freedom
- DfES
Department for Education and Skills
- DISC
Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children
- DIS–IV
Diagnostic Interview for DSM–IV
- Disulf
disulfiram
- DM
Deutschmark
- DPI
Drinking Problems Index
- DRD2
dopamine receptor D2
- DrInC
Drinker Inventory of Consequences
- DS
directed social support
- DSM (–III, –IV, –R, –V)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association (3rd edition, 4th edition, Revised, 5th edition)
- DSML
Drinking Self-Monitoring Log
- DSSI
Delusions-Symptoms-States Inventory
- DTs
delirium tremens
- DVLA
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- ECE
emotional cue exposure
- EconLIT
economics literature search (the American Economic Association's electronic bibliography)
- EDNOS
eating disorder not otherwise specified
- EDS
Ethanol Dependence Syndrome scale
- EED
Economic Evaluation Database
- EMBASE
Excerpta Medica Database
- EQ-5D
European Quality of Life – 5 Dimensions
- FAST
Fast Alcohol Screen Test
- FC
full care
- FD
fixed-dosing
- FN
false negative
- FP
false positive
- FRAMES
feedback, responsibility, advice, menu, empathy, self-efficacy
- FT
full time
- GABA (-A, -B)
gamma-aminobutyric acid (type A, type B)
- GABRA (A2, A6)
gamma-aminobutyric acid subunit receptor (alpha 2, alpha 6)
- GAIN
Global Appraisal of Individual Needs
- GBL
gamma-butyrolactone
- GDG
Guideline Development Group
- GGT
gamma-glutamyl transferase
- GHB
gamma-hydroxybutyric acid
- G-I-N
Guidelines International Network
- GMI
relapse prevention with motivational enhancements
- GP
general practitioner
- GRADE
Grading of Recommendations: Assessment, Development and Evaluation
- GRP
Guideline Review Panel
- GSH
guided self-help
- HCHS
Hospital and Community Health Services
- HDRS
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
- HMIC
Health Management Information Consortium
- HRG
Healthcare Resource Group
- HRQoL
health-related quality of life
- HSD
Honestly Significant Difference
- HTA
Health Technology Assessment
- IAA
indulgence, ambivalence and attempt
- IATP
individual assessment treatment program
- IBT
individual-based treatment
- ICD–10
International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision
- ICER
incremental cost-effectiveness ratio
- ICP
integrated care pathway
- ICQ
Impaired Control Questionnaire
- ICT
interactional couples therapy
- ICP
integrated care pathway
- INT
intensive
- Int V Nor-AFLS
Intensive versus normal AFLS
- IV
inverse variance
- k
number of studies
- KP
Korsakoff psychosis
- LDH
Lifetime Drinking History
- LDQ
Leeds Dependency Questionnaire
- LOCF
last observation carried forward
- LS
life skills
- LT
long term
- M/m
mean
- MANOVA
multivariate analysis of variance
- MAP
Maudsley Addiction Profile
- MAST
Michigan Alcohol Screening Test
- MATCH
Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity
- MD
mean difference
- MEDLINE
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online
- MET
motivational enhancement therapy
- mGLuR
metabotropic glutamate receptor
- M-H
Mantel-Haenszel estimate
- MIND
Minnesota Detoxification Scale
- MINI-CR
Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Clinician Rated
- MM
multi-modal treatment
- MMSE
Mini-Mental Status Examination
- MoCAM
Models of Care for Alcohol Misusers
- MOCE
moderation-oriented cue exposure
- MSQ
Motivational Structure Questionnaire
- MTC
mixed treatment comparison
- n
number of participants in a group
- N
total number of participants
- n/a or NA
not applicable
- NACOA
National Association for Children of Alcoholics
- NALX/NLT/NX
naltrexone
- NATMS
National Alcohol Treatment Monitoring System
- NCCMH
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
- NDRL
non-directive reflective listening
- NHMRC
National Health and Medical Research Council
- NHS
National Health Service
- NIAAA
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- NICE
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
- NIHR
National Institute for Health Research
- NIS
Neuropsychological Impairment Scale
- NLH
National Library for Health
- NMB
net monetary benefit
- NMDA
N-methyl D-aspartate
- NNT(B; H)
number needed to treat (for benefit; for harm)
- NOR
normal
- NS
network support
- NSF
National Service Framework
- NTA
National Treatment Agency
- OB
office-based
- OCD
obsessive-compulsive disorder
- OCDS
Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale
- OLS
ordinary least squares
- OR
odds ratio
- OT
occupational therapy
- p
probability
- PACT
psychoeducational attention control treatment
- PAT
Paddington Alcohol Test
- PCBT
packaged CBT program
- PCM
primary care management
- PDA
percent days abstinent
- PEI
Personal Experience Inventory
- PI
psychological intervention
- PICO
Patient, Intervention, Comparison and Outcome
- PLB
placebo
- PRISM
Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders
- PS
problem solving
- PSBCT
BCT and parental skills training
- PSS
Personal Social Services
- PSY
psychoeducational
- PsycINFO
Psychological Information Database
- PSYDY
short-term psychodynamic therapy
- PSYEDU
bibliotherapy/drinking guidelines
- PTSD
post-traumatic stress disorder
- QALY
quality-adjusted life year
- q.d.s.
quater die sumendus (four times a day)
- QF
Quantity–Frequency
- RAPI
Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index
- RCGP
Royal College of General Practitioners
- RCQ (-TV)
Readiness to Change Questionnaire (– Treatment Version)
- RCT
randomised controlled trial
- RESULT
routine evaluation of the substance use ladder of treatments
- ROC
receiver operating characteristic
- RP
relapse prevention'
- RPME
RP and MET
- RR
risk ratio/relative risk
- RTCQ–TV
Readiness to Change Questionnaire Treatment Version
- SADD
Short Alcohol Dependence Data
- SADQ (–C)
Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (– Community)
- SADV
Substance Abuse Domestic Violence
- SASQ
Single Alcohol Screening Question
- S-BCT
standard behavioural couples therapy
- SBNT
social behaviour and network therapy
- SC
stepped care
- SCAN
Specialist Clinical Addiction Network
- SCID SUDM
Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM Substance Use Disorders Module
- SCL-90
Symptom Checklist-90
- SD
standard deviation
- SERT
sertraline
- SG
standard gamble
- SHM
self-help manual
- SIGN
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
- SMART
Self-Management and Recovery Training
- SMAST
Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test
- SMD
standardised mean difference
- SOCRATES
Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale
- SPC
Summary of Product Characteristics
- SSAGA
Semi–Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism
- SSRI
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
- ST
symptom triggered (means ‘standard treatment’ or ‘short term’ in Appendix 16e)
- SUDDS-IV
Substance Use Disorders Diagnostic Schedule
- SWLSTG
South West London and St George's
- T-ASI
Teen Addiction Severity Index
- TAU
treatment as usual
- t.d.s.
ter die sumendum (three times a day)
- TLFB
TimeLine FollowBack
- TN
true negative
- TOP
Treatment Outcomes Profile
- TP
true positive
- TPQ
Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire
- TRIP
Turning Research Into Practice
- (I-, S-)TSF (dire, mot)
(intensive, standard) 12-step facilitation (– directive approach and coping skills, – motivational approach and coping skills)
- TTO
time trade-off
- UKATT
UK Alcohol Treatment Trial
- URICA
University of Rhode Island Change Assessment
- USD
United States dollar
- VA
Veterans Affairs vs versus (in Appendices)
- VS
volunteer support
- WAIS (-III, -R)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (– 3rd edition, – Revised)
- WE
Wernicke's encephalopathy
- WHO
World Health Organization
- WKS
Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome
- WMD
weighted mean difference
