Evidence that personalized racial stress procedures elicit a stress response and increases alcohol craving among Black adults with alcohol use disorder: A laboratory pilot study.

Background: The objective of this study was to pilot test newly developed personalized imagery procedures to investigate the impact of racial stress on alcohol craving and emotional and physiological response in Black adults with alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Methods: Twenty Black adults (45% women, mean=37.05, SD=13.

A thematic analysis of stress, substance-cue, and neutral/relaxing events to inform approaches for improving treatment among Black adults who use substances.

Introduction: To inform approaches for adapting substance use treatment for Black adults, the aim of this study was to thematically analyze the stressors, triggers for substance use, and neutral/relaxing events reported among Black adults who participated in a lab paradigm.

Methods: The sample included 36 Black adults (mean age [years] = 37.47, SD = 7.