Change in anxiety sensitivity and substance use coping motives as putative mediators of treatment efficacy among substance users.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Anxiety sensitivity and coping motives for substance use are processes implicated in anxiety and substance use disorder (SUD) comorbidity, and are malleable treatment targets. Little is known about whether changes in anxiety sensitivity or coping motives during cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders (with or without CBT for SUD) mediate substance use outcomes among patients with comorbid anxiety disorders and SUD. We examined whether changes in anxiety sensitivity and coping motives during treatment for comorbid SUD and anxiety disorders (either CBT for SUD only or CBT for SUD and anxiety disorders) were associated with substance use outcomes.

Methods

Repeated measurements of anxiety sensitivity and coping motives throughout treatment were examine

SUBMITTER: Wolitzky-Taylor K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10980288 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature