Don't ask apple trees to give pears

Anette Søgaard Nielsen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Unit for Clinical Alcohol Research (UCAR) at Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, Denmark.
² Psychiatric Hospital, University Function, Odense, Region of Southern Denmark.

Comment

Anette Søgaard Nielsen. Addiction. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;114(1):16-17.

doi: 10.1111/add.14395. Epub 2018 Aug 16.

Anette Søgaard Nielsen^{1

2}

¹ Unit for Clinical Alcohol Research (UCAR) at Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, Denmark.
² Psychiatric Hospital, University Function, Odense, Region of Southern Denmark.

No abstract available

Keywords: Consequences; DSM-5; criteria; follow-up; outcome measure; treatment.

Comment in

Response to commentaries: The quest(ion) remains in the search for a meaningful reduction-based end-point.
Kiluk BD, Fitzmaurice GM, Strain EC, Weiss RD. Kiluk BD, et al. Addiction. 2019 Jan;114(1):21-23. doi: 10.1111/add.14491. Epub 2018 Nov 25. Addiction. 2019. PMID: 30474162 Free PMC article.

What defines a clinically meaningful outcome in the treatment of substance use disorders: reductions in direct consequences of drug use or improvement in overall functioning?
Kiluk BD, Fitzmaurice GM, Strain EC, Weiss RD. Kiluk BD, et al. Addiction. 2019 Jan;114(1):9-15. doi: 10.1111/add.14289. Epub 2018 Jun 27. Addiction. 2019. PMID: 29900624 Free PMC article.