Center for Integrated Behavioral Health Policy

2. Center for Integrated Behavioral Health Policy Department of Health Policy, The George Washington University Medical Center The Importance of Alcohol Abstinence Deterrence and Behavior Change Eric Goplerud, Ph.D. Conference of Western Attorneys General Sun Valley, Idaho August 4, 2009

3. Center for Integrated Behavioral Health Policy Department of Health Policy, The George Washington University Medical Center Transforming practice. Expanding access. Improving health.

4. How important is abstinence?

6. Top 10 Leading Causes of Death in the United States for 2001, by Age Group

7. 13,000 in US die annually due to alcohol impaired driving. More than 500,000 injuries and $16 billion in property damage. • Alcohol involved in: • 33% of suicides • 57% sexual assaults • 28.5% domestic • violence cases • 44% PMV accidents

8. What are we trying to accomplish? • Deterrence? • Behavior change? • Punishment? • Prevention?

9. State Power • Restrict movement • Restrict pleasurable activities • Require payment of fines and fees

10. Thinking About Deterrence • Threat of punishment deters bad behavior • Rationality • Cause and effect • Perception of fairness • Risk of detection

11. Thinking About Addiction • Compulsion • Ignore negative consequences • Denial

12. Impact of heavy, long term alcohol use on the brain

13. Cognitive Impairment and Abstinence

14. A Problematic Pattern • Focus on deterrence • Limited assessment • Same intervention for everyone • Limited treatment • Ineffective treatments

16. What we don’t do that’s effective! SBI, CBT, Medications

17. What do we really do? What doesn’t work! AA, Counseling, Educational Lectures

18. Cognitive Behavioral Model • Social learning • Rewards and costs • Stages of change

19. Coping • Self-efficacy • Reduced risk • Trigger • Lapse • Relapse Preventing Relapse

20. Deterrence & Addiction A pathway to prison -- or worse.

21. Two Models • Deterrence • Detention • Fines • Cognitive Behavioral • Coaching • Therapy

22. (Gentillelo, 2008)

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28. Irrational Rational Spectrum of Offenders Susceptible to deterrence Resistant to deterrence

30. Reason for Plateau Population affected by deterrence Population resistant to deterrence

31. 70% (87.5 million) No Problem Never exceed daily limits. 5% (6.25 million) Harmful Use Exceed daily limits. Related problems. 3% (3.75 million) Dependence Daily or near-daily heavy drinking. Related problems. Withdrawal. 1% (1.25 million) Chronic Dependence Almost daily heavy drinking. Related problems. Withdrawal. Chronic or relapsing. 21% (26.25 million) At Risk Exceed daily limits. 5% Harmful Use Spectrum of Alcohol Problems Willenbring, 2007

32. The Need for Abstinence • Not always necessary • Short-term vs. Long-term • Support for behavior change • Effective part of relapse prevention

33. Effective Response to Alcohol-related Crime

34. Deterrence & Prevention • Social marketing • Regulation • Enforcement

35. Screening & Assessment • Golden opportunity to identify problems • Screen • Assess • Determine appropriate intervention

36. Recovery Support • Individual and group therapy • Medical monitoring and medication • Technology as part of relapse prevention • Interlock • Testing • Remote alcohol monitoring

38. https://webmeeting.nih.gov/intro

39. Center for Integrated Behavioral Health Policy Department of Health Policy, The George Washington University Medical Center Eric Goplerud Director 2021 K St. NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC goplerud@gwu.edu integratedbehavioralhealth .org