Mindfulness
June 18, 2024
Alejandro Interian, Rachael B Miller, Chintan V Dave et al.
Experiences of difficulty (e.g., anxiety, difficult emotions) can occur during mindfulness practice. This study characterized the occurrence of such difficulties, defined as abnormal distress, dysregulation or agitation, among high suicide risk participants during a mindfulness-based intervention. The study also evaluated whether mindfulness difficulties were associated with baseline...
JAMA Psychiatry
April 1, 2024
Nina A Cooperman, Shou-En Lu, Adam W. Hanley et al.
39 citations
Methadone treatment (MT) fails to address the emotion dysregulation, pain, and reward processing deficits that often drive opioid use disorder (OUD). New interventions are needed to address these factors. To evaluate the efficacy of MT as usual (usual care) vs telehealth Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) plus usual care among people with an OUD and pain. This study was a...
Behaviour Research and Therapy
October 1, 2021
Megan S Chesin, John G Keilp, Anna Kline et al.
Objective: To test whether Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Suicide (MBCT-S) is associated with improvement in attentional control, an objective marker of suicide attempt. Method: In the context of a randomized clinical trial targeting suicide risk in Veterans, computerized Stroop and emotion Stroop (E-Stroop) tasks were administered 3 times over 6-months follow-up to 135 high...
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
May 8, 2021
Nina A Cooperman, Adam W. Hanley, Anna Kline et al.
Background: Chronic pain is highly prevalent among people in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for opioid use disorder and is known to be an important contributor to treatment discontinuation and opioid relapse. Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) is one of the few interventions developed and tested as an integrated treatment to simultaneously address both pain and illicit...
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
August 5, 2019
E. Garland, Adam W. Hanley, Anna Kline et al.
Background Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is an efficacious form of medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), yet many individuals on MMT relapse. Chronic pain and deficits in positive affective response to natural rewards may result in dysphoria that fuels opioid craving and promotes relapse. As such, behavioral therapies that ameliorate chronic pain and enhance...