A randomized controlled trial of the effects of working memory training in methadone maintenance patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Working memory impairment in individuals with chronic opioid dependence can play a major role in cognitive and treatment outcomes. Cognitive training targeting working memory shows promise for improved function in substance use disorders. To date, cognitive training has not been incorporated as an adjunctive treatment for opioid dependence.

Methods

Methadone maintenance patients were randomly assigned to experimental (n=28) or active control (n=28) 25-session computerized training and run in parallel. Cognitive and drug use outcomes were assessed before and after training.

Results

Participants in the experimental condition showed performance improvements on two of four working memory measures, and both groups improved on a third measure of working memory per

SUBMITTER: Rass O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4633307 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature