A new, low-cost e-health treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder using mental imagery

这个项目提供了基于手机的功能意象训练（FIT）的第一次大规模测试，这是一种新的低成本方法，可以帮助人们通过心理意象改变行为，无论他们住在哪里。该试验解决了酒精使用障碍——一个具有重大健康和社会影响的常见问题，比较了FIT和言语激励治疗，并测试了12个月内酒精使用和生活质量的影响。成本效益和预测结果也进行了审查。

This project offers the first large-scale test of phone-based Functional Imagery Training (FIT), a new, low-cost way to help people change behaviours using mental imagery, regardless of where they live. The trial addresses Alcohol Use Disorder—a common problem with substantial health and social impacts, comparing FIT with verbal motivational treatments, and testing effects on alcohol use and quality of life over 12 months. Cost-effectiveness and predictions of outcome are also examined.