ReviewPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2013
Craving to quit: psychological models and neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness training as treatment for addictions.
Review in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 102 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
102 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 301 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Adolescent Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.Pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- The relationship between trait mindfulness and problematic usage of the internet, screen time, and nomophobia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Pooled it
- Mindfulness interventions for craving reduction in substance use disorders and behavioral addictions: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention for Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of addiction medicinePooled it
- A Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Trial Testing a Multi-Component App-Based Intervention for Improving Smoking Cessation and Adherence to Treatment in Low-Income HIV Patients.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Trial
- Mindfulness Training vs Recovery Support for Opioid Use, Craving, and Anxiety During Buprenorphine Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Smartband-based smoking detection and real-time brief mindfulness intervention: findings from a feasibility clinical trial.Annals of medicine · 2024Trial
- Impact of warm mindfulness on emotion regulation: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Trial
- Effects of hypnosis, mindfulness meditation, and education for chronic pain on substance use in veterans: A supplementary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Rehabilitation psychology · 2023Trial
- Cluster-based psychological phenotyping and differences in anxiety treatment outcomes.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Clinical Efficacy and Psychological Mechanisms of an App-Based Digital Therapeutic for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Disrupting the path to craving: Acting without awareness mediates the link between negative affect and craving.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Trial
- Virtual Reality Smartphone-Based Intervention for Smoking Cessation: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial on Initial Clinical Efficacy and Adherence.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Mindfulness as a predictor of cognitive-behavioral therapy outcomes in inner-city adults with posttraumatic stress and substance dependence.Addictive behaviors · 2020Trial
- Craving to Quit: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Smartphone App-Based Mindfulness Training for Smoking Cessation.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Trial
- Quitting starts in the brain: a randomized controlled trial of app-based mindfulness shows decreases in neural responses to smoking cues that predict reductions in smoking.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2019Trial
- Ultra-Brief Mindfulness Training Reduces Alcohol Consumption in At-Risk Drinkers: A Randomized Double-Blind Active-Controlled Experiment.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2017Trial
- Mechanisms underlying mindfulness-based addiction treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy and usual care for smoking cessation.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Trial
- Dispositional Mindfulness Predicts Enhanced Smoking Cessation and Smoking Lapse Recovery.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2016Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of smartphone-based mindfulness training for smoking cessation: a study protocol.BMC psychiatry · 2015Trial
42 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Humans suffer heavily from substance use disorders and other addictions. Despite much effort that has been put into understanding the mechanisms of the addictive process, treatment strategies have remained suboptimal over the past several decades. Mindfulness training, which is based on ancient Buddhist models of human suffering, has recently shown preliminary efficacy in treating addictions. These early models show remarkable similarity to current models of the addictive process, especially in their overlap with operant conditioning (positive and negative reinforcement). Further, they may provide explanatory power for the mechanisms of mindfulness training, including its effects on core addictive elements, such as craving, and the underlying neurobiological processes that may be active therein. In this review, using smoking as an example, we will highlight similarities between ancient and modern views of the addictive process, review studies of mindfulness training for addictions and their effects on craving and other components of this process, and discuss recent neuroimaging findings that may inform our understanding of the neural mechanisms of mindfulness training.
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