Participants were 51 men (n=24) and women (n=27) between the ages of 23 and 55 (M=40.10, SD=8.09) who met DSM-IV criteria for alcohol dependence and were participating in a larger laboratory study examining the effects of gender and alcoholism on stress response (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00226694). This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center Research and Development Committee. All participants provided written informed consent to participate.
