Impact of a computerized intervention for high distress intolerance on cannabis use outcomes: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prevalence of regular cannabis use and cannabis use disorder (CUD) have increased in the past two decades, but treatment-seeking is low and extant brief interventions do not target causal risk factors implicated in etiological models of addiction. Elevated distress intolerance (DI) is one risk factor that has been empirically linked with greater CUD severity and maintenance in regular users, but, to our knowledge, research has never targeted it in a brief intervention among cannabis users with CUD or at high risk. The current RCT evaluated the impact of a DI intervention (i.e., Distress Tolerance Intervention [DTI]) compared to a healthy habits control intervention (i.e., Healthy Video Control [HVC]) on DI and cannabis use outcomes.

Method

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SUBMITTER: Macatee RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7770335 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature