title: The use of emerging technologies in alcohol treatment.
abstract: Emerging technologies, such as the Internet and text messaging, have an ever-growing role in providing services to problem drinkers. This article summarizes selected examples of emerging technologies that have been developed and implemented as stand-alone interventions and as part of other face-to-face interventions. It provides a taste of the different opportunities available for implementing emerging technologies as a way to improve the accessibility and effectiveness of services for problem drinkers.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and University of Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: Kypros
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kypri
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCambridge
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D000818:Animals; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends*; D060145:Text Messaging / Q000639:trends*; D016896:Treatment Outcome