Time for a paradigm shift: The adolescent brain in addiction treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

One route to improve adolescent addiction treatment outcomes is to use translational approaches to help identify developmental neuroscience mechanisms that undergird active treatment ingredients and advance adolescent behavior change.

Methods

This sample included 163 adolescents (ages 15-19) randomized to motivational interviewing (MI) vs. brief adolescent mindfulness (BAM). Youth completed an fMRI paradigm assessing adolescent brain response to therapist language (complex reflection vs. mindful; complex reflection vs. confront; mindful vs. confront) at pre- (prior to the completion of the full intervention) and post-treatment (at 3-month follow-up) and behavioral measures at 3, 6 and 12 months.

Results

Youth in both treatment groups showed significant probl

SUBMITTER: Mackiewicz Seghete KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8850747 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature