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. Transcript Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to it.

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April 2026: Mobile Health for Alcohol Use Assessment: Longitudinal Effects of Breathalyzer Self-Monitoring in Everyday Contexts is an episode from American Journal of Psychiatry Audio by American Psychiatric Association Publishing.

This episode is 35:58 long.

This episode was published on Apr 1, 2026.

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