Mindfulness-Based Interventions for the Treatment of Substance and Behavioral Addictions: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emotion (dys)regulation as well as the interventions for improving these difficulties are receiving a growing attention in the literature. The aim of the present paper was to conduct a systematic review about the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in both substance and behavioral addictions (BAs).

Method

A literature search was conducted using Cochrane, PubMed, and Web of Science. Fifty-four randomized controlled trials published in English since 2009 to April 2017 were included into a narrative synthesis.

Results

Mindfulness-based interventions were applied in a wide range of addictions, including substance use disorders (from smoking to alcohol, among others) and BAs (namely, gambling disorder). These treatments were successful for reducin

SUBMITTER: Sancho M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5884944 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature