Annals of Behavioral Medicine
January 22, 2019
E. Garland, Myranda A Bryan, Sarah E. Priddy et al.
Background Among opioid-treated chronic pain patients, deficient response inhibition in the context of emotional distress may contribute to maladaptive pain coping and prescription opioid misuse. Interventions that aim to bolster cognitive control and reduce emotional reactivity (e.g., mindfulness) may remediate response inhibition deficits, with consequent clinical benefits. Purpose To test...
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
July 1, 2018
Sarah E. Priddy, Adam W. Hanley, Michael R. Riquino et al.
Opioid-treated chronic pain patients may be at risk for prescription opioid misuse due to heightened opioid craving coupled with deficits in attention to naturally rewarding, positive stimuli. Conversely, dispositional mindfulness, which is associated with reduced craving and increased responsiveness to natural rewards, may serve as a protective factor and buffer opioid misuse risk. The current...
Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation
2018
Sarah E. Priddy, Matthew O Howard, Adam W. Hanley et al.
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a pervasive public health problem with deleterious consequences for individuals, families, and society. Furthermore, SUD intervention is complicated by the continuous possibility of relapse. Despite decades of research, SUD relapse rates remain high, underscoring the need for more effective treatments. Scientific findings indicate that SUDs are driven by...
Journal of General Internal Medicine
July 12, 2017
Eric L Garland, Anne Baker, Paula Larsen et al.
Background: Medical management of acute pain among hospital inpatients may be enhanced by mind-body interventions. Objective: We hypothesized that a single, scripted session of mindfulness training focused on acceptance of pain or hypnotic suggestion focused on changing pain sensations through imagery would significantly reduce acute pain intensity and unpleasantness compared to a...
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
March 29, 2017
Eric L Garland, Craig J. Bryan, Patrick H. Finan et al.
74 citations
BACKGROUND: Given the risk of opioid misuse among chronic pain patients being treated with long-term opioid pharmacotherapy, non-pharmacological treatments are needed. Further, in light of hedonic deficits in this population, therapies that enhance positive affect may be useful. The purpose of this study was to examine effects of a Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) intervention...
Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics
July 1, 2016
Eric L Garland, Matthew O. Howard, Sarah E. Priddy et al.
12 citations
Abstract: Dual-process models from neuroscience suggest that addiction is driven by dysregulated interactions between bottom-up neural processes underpinning reward learning and top-down neural functions subserving executive function. Over time, drug use causes atrophy in prefrontally mediated cognitive control networks and hijacks striatal circuits devoted to processing natural rewards in...