ReviewJournal of psychoactive drugs
Text messaging for addiction: a review.
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Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Smoking Cessation Apps: A Systematic Review of Format, Outcomes, and Features.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Mobile Health Interventions for Self-Control of Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- Application of Synchronous Text-Based Dialogue Systems in Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- A systematic review of smartphone applications for smoking cessation.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Fundamentals for Future Mobile-Health (mHealth): A Systematic Review of Mobile Phone and Web-Based Text Messaging in Mental Health.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Pooled it
- Pilot Study of a Mobile, Virtual Reality-Based Digital Therapeutic for Smoking Cessation: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of the Recovery Line among methadone treatment patients with ongoing illicit drug use.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Trial
- Efficacy of Mobile Phone-Delivered Smoking Cessation Interventions for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Individuals: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2019Trial
- Customized recommendations and reminder text messages for automated, computer-based treatment during methadone.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2017Trial
- Text Messaging Interventions for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Emergency Departments: Mixed Methods Assessment of Implementation Barriers and Facilitators.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Distribution of mHealth applications in Germany: analysis of the FeverApp registry.The Journal of international medical research · 2024Observational
- Evaluation of effectiveness and acceptability of a psychological treatment for smoking cessation combined with a smartphone App: A pilot study.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- Exploring user experiences of a text message-delivered intervention among individuals on opioid use disorder treatment in Kenya: A qualitative study.PLOS digital health · 2023Article
- SMS-text messaging for collecting outcome measures after acute stroke.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Article
- End User Participation in the Development of an Ecological Momentary Intervention to Improve Coping With Cannabis Cravings: Formative Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Implementing a text-messaging intervention for unhealthy alcohol use in emergency departments: protocol for implementation strategy development and a pilot cluster randomized implementation trial.Implementation science communications · 2022Article
- Digital Health Interventions for Delivery of Mental Health Care: Systematic and Comprehensive Meta-Review.JMIR mental health · 2022Review
- Mobile phone-based interventions for mental health: A systematic meta-review of 14 meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.PLOS digital health · 2022Article
- Theory-Based Social and Non-Social Engagement Features in Smoking Cessation Mobile Apps: A Content Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Individuals seeking treatment for addiction often experience barriers due to cost, lack of local treatment resources, or either school or work schedule conflicts. Text-messaging-based addiction treatment is inexpensive and has the potential to be widely accessible in real time. We conducted a comprehensive literature review identifying 11 published, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating text-messaging-based interventions for tobacco smoking, four studies for reducing alcohol consumption, one pilot study in former methamphetamine (MA) users, and one study based on qualitative interviews with cannabis users. Abstinence outcome results in RCTs of smokers willing to make a quit attempt have been positive overall in the short term and as far out as at six and 12 months. Studies aimed at reducing alcohol consumption have been promising. More data are needed to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of this approach for other substance use problems.
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