Effects of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement on reward responsiveness and opioid cue-reactivity.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Dysregulated reward processing is a hallmark feature of drug addiction; however, scant research has evaluated restructuring reward processing in the context of addiction treatment.

Objectives

We examined effects of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) on reward responsiveness (RR) and opioid cue-reactivity in a sample of chronic pain patients with opioid use problems. We previously reported that MORE decreased pain, opioid misuse, and craving relative to a social support control group (SG). Here, we examined whether these outcomes were linked to changes in RR in a subset of participants.

Methods

Participants were chronic pain patients (71 % women, age 46.6 ± 13.9) who received MORE (n = 20) or SG (n = 29). RR was measured before and after 8 weeks

SUBMITTER: Garland EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4111972 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature