A stage I pilot study of acceptance and commitment therapy for methadone detoxification.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While agonist replacement therapies are effective for managing opioid dependence, community treatment programs are increasingly choosing detoxification. Unfortunately, success rates for opioid detoxification are very low, in part, due to physical and psychological symptoms associated with opioid withdrawal. Few behavior therapies specifically address the distressing experiences specific to opioid withdrawal. A novel behavioral treatment, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), works from the premise that the avoidance of unpleasant private experiences (thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations) is ubiquitous yet may be pathogenic, resulting in treatment drop-out and further drug use.

Methods

This Stage I pilot study developed and tested an ACT-based opioid detoxifica

SUBMITTER: Stotts AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3386351 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature