April 2026: Mobile Health for Alcohol Use Assessment: Longitudinal Effects of Breathalyzer Self-Monitoring in Everyday Contexts

Yang Lu, M.S., and Catharine E. Fairbairn, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) join AJP Audio to discuss the longitudinal effects of the use of personal alcohol breathalyzers in a natural setting on alcohol usage. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin joins the podcast to discuss the rest of the April issue, which focuses on subjects related to substance use disorders.

• 00:57 What did you discover about the long term effects of using a personal blood alcohol monitor?
• 03:12 Do health monitoring devices actually change behaviors?
• 04:10 What did your cohort look like?
• 08:49 Disparate impact of monitoring on heavy drinkers and light drinkers
• 11:36 Clinical implications
• 14:34 Limitations
• 15:46 Avenues for further research
• 18:39 Kalin interview
• 18:46 Lu et al.
• 24:00 Wittekind et al.
• 29:50 Nicholson et al.

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