Development of a mindfulness-based treatment for smoking cessation and the modification of alcohol use: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial and pilot study findings

Hemenway, Mikaela; Witkiewitz, Katie; Unrod, Marina; Brandon, Karen O.; Brandon, Thomas H.; Wetter, David W.; Sutton, Steven K.; Vinci, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.cct.2020.106218

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“…Second, mindful smoking is a specific example of a mindfulness practice that might address this threat to extinction, although research is needed to fully understand whether that is possible. To date, it has been incorporated into existing MBIs for smoking cessation and has not been empirically validated as a stand-alone treatment component (Davis et al, 2014;Hemenway et al, 2021). During mindful smoking, an individual is asked to only focus on smoking the cigarette and the physical sensations they experience while smoking.…”

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Minding the Gap: Leveraging Mindfulness to Inform Cue Exposure Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

2021

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Despite extinction-based processes demonstrating efficacy in the animal extinction and human anxiety literatures, extinction for substance use disorders (SUD) has shown poor efficacy (i. e., cue exposure treatment [CET]). Reasons for this lack of success include common threats to extinction, such as renewal and reinstatement. In recent decades, research on mindfulness for SUD has flourished, and a key aspect of these mindfulness-based interventions includes teaching individuals to stay present with whatever experience they have, even if unpleasant, without trying to change/escape/avoid it. Similarly, CET teaches individuals to not escape/avoid conditioned responses (e.g., craving) by engaging in drug use behavior. This paper discusses how mindfulness-based research and practices could positively influence CET through future research (e.g., Could mindfulness practice attenuate renewal? Might mindfulness training + CET enhance the ability to extinguish the most salient or motivational cues?), with the long-term goal of improving SUD treatment.

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“…Previously cross-sectional analysis pointed out that different aspects of impulsivity are inversely related to specific dimensions of mindfulness in people with alcohol use disorder in therapeutic community treatment, meaning that higher mindfulness traits were associated with less impulsive traits [ 16 ]. Also, lower rates of substance use by patients have been observed during and after the MBRP intervention [ 13 , 17 ], as well as less severe substance use disorders were observed compared to TAU [ 18 ]. Moreover, studies have shown that MBRP participants may present a reduction of craving immediately after the treatment and in the long-term [ 13 ], and that there are changes in impulsivity domains in a young population with SUDs after an MBRP twice-a-week intervention compared to a 12 steps/self-help protocol [ 19 ].…”

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The effect of mindfulness on decision-making, inhibitory control, and impulsivity of substance use disorder in-treatment patients: A randomized clinical trial

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de Macedo,

Bedendo

et al. 2023

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This study aimed to investigate the effects of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) in decision-making, inhibitory control and impulsivity compared to Treatment as Usual (TAU) for individuals with Substance Use Disorders (SUD’s) in Brazil. A randomized clinical trial was conducted with participants from a therapeutic community (n = 122). Decision-making (Iowa Gambling Task), impulsivity dimensions (UPPS-P Scale), and inhibitory control (Stroop Color-Word Test) were assessed before and after the MBRP 8-week intervention. GLM Multivariate analysis was used to evaluate the effects of MBRP on different impulsivity measures. The results showed that MBRP+TAU improved the general decision-making score (p = 0,008) compared to TAU. However, no significant effects were found in impulsivity dimensions and inhibitory control in individuals with SUDs in the therapeutic community. This study found improvement in decision-making in the total IGT score; however, no effect for self-reported impulsivity and inhibitory control among middle-aged patients after an 8-weeks intervention of MBRP protocol in an inpatient setting. It adds information to the subject, with implications and possible directions to be followed by the next clinical trials with patients with SUDs in treatment. Trial registration: EnsaiosClinicos.gov.br: RBR-6c9njc.

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Meditation for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease

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Takeda,

Court

et al. 2024

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Development of a mindfulness-based treatment for smoking cessation and the modification of alcohol use: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial and pilot study findings

Cited by 8 publications

References 69 publications

Minding the Gap: Leveraging Mindfulness to Inform Cue Exposure Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

Minding the Gap: Leveraging Mindfulness to Inform Cue Exposure Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

The effect of mindfulness on decision-making, inhibitory control, and impulsivity of substance use disorder in-treatment patients: A randomized clinical trial

Meditation for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease

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