In addition to the CTQ, we assessed both groups of subjects for personality traits using the revised NEO personality inventory (NEO-PIR) (Costa and McCrae, 2002), family history of alcoholism using the Family Tree Questionnaire (FTQ) (Mann et al., 1985), and recent drinking patterns over the last 90 days using the Timeline Followback (TLFB) (Sobell and Sobell, 1992). Alcohol dependent subjects were further assessed using the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) (Developed by Thomas McLellan and collaborators from the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for the Studies of Addiction, distributed by the Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphis, PA, http://www.tresearch.org) for lifetime alcohol use, the Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS) (Skinner and Allen, 1982) for alcohol dependence severity, and the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS) (Asberg and Schalling, 1979) for depression and anxiety symptom ratings. With the exception of the CPRS, which was administered on Day 2 to assess depression and anxiety symptoms during acute withdrawal, all other assessments, including the SCID, were administered at least one week after admission in order to minimize any potential effects of withdrawal symptoms on responses to the questionnaires. The
