@article{ref1,
title="Cue-exposure to alcohol-associated stimuli reduces autonomic reactivity, but not craving and anxiety, in dependent drinkers",
journal="Alcohol and alcoholism",
year="1995",
author="McCusker, C. G. and Brown, K.",
volume="30",
number="3",
pages="319-327",
abstract="A controlled trial was conducted of cue-exposure with dependent drinkers in treatment. All subjects were engaged in an insight-oriented therapy programme, and responses to an alcohol-associated, compared with a neutral, stimulus were assessed at the beginning and end of treatment. Compared with a control group, which did not receive intervening cue-exposure sessions, subjects who received such interventions manifested reductions in heart rate, salivation and arousal responses to the alcohol-associated, compared with the neutral, stimulus. They did not, however, show similar reductions in subjective estimates of craving and anxiety. These results and the desynchrony in reductions in cue-reactivity across response domains are discussed in terms of their implications for cue-exposure in treatment and recent theorectical conceptualizations of the relationship between autonomic reactivity, craving and drinking behaviour.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-0414",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}