Mindfulness-based treatment of addiction: current state of the field and envisioning the next wave of research.

ABSTRACT: Contemporary advances in addiction neuroscience have paralleled increasing interest in the ancient mental training practice of mindfulness meditation as a potential therapy for addiction. In the past decade, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been studied as a treatment for an array addictive behaviors, including drinking, smoking, opioid misuse, and use of illicit substances like cocaine and heroin. This article reviews current research evaluating MBIs as a treatment for addiction, with a focus on findings pertaining to clinical outcomes and biobehavioral mechanisms. Studies indicate that MBIs reduce substance misuse and craving by modulating cognitive, affective, and psychophysiological processes integral to self-regulation and reward processing. This integrative review provides

SUBMITTER: Garland EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5907295 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature