title: Perspectives and future directions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mechanisms of behavior change (MOBC) in treating drinking problems is a topic of growing importance.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article identifies salient themes presented in talks during the first Annual RSA Satellite on Mechanisms of Behavior Change in Alcoholism Treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Themes focused on the need to move beyond a passive approach to identifying MOBC in alcoholism treatment and a number of conceptual and methodological advances were proposed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While a consensus has emerged that more attention should be paid to MOBC in alcoholism treatment research, a subgroup of experts are calling for MOBC to be the primary focus in future efforts.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 180 Fort Washington Avenue, New York City, NY 10032, USA. jm977@columbia.edu
authors: Jon
authors: J
authors: Morgenstern
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000639:trends*; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation