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ReviewAddiction science & clinical practice2018

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

Eric L Garland, Matthew O Howard

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Review in Addiction science & clinical practice, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05563285 (Effects of Exercise and Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Emotion Regulation and Inhibitory Control of Smartphone Addiction Among Female University Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 102 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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102citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05563285 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Exercise and Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Emotion Regulation and Inhibitory Control of Smartphone Addiction Among Female University Students

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversiti Putra MalaysiaRan2022 to 2023Enrolled66ConditionsSmartphone Addiction, Mental Health IssueArmsExercise and Mindfulness-Based Intervention, Control Group
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

102 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 289 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Experiential Avoidance and Psychoactive Substance Use: Systematic Review.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eric L GarlandCenter on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development, University of Utah, 395 South, 1500 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA. eric.garland@socwk.utah.edu.
Matthew O HowardUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Targeting Hedonic Dysregulation to Address Chronic Pain and Opioid Misuse in Primary Care.R01DA042033 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI GARLAND, ERIC LEE · 2016 to 2020
$2.8M
Effects of Mindfulness-Oriented Intervention on Endogenous Opioid Mechanisms of Hedonic Regulation in Chronic Pain.R61AT009296 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI GARLAND, ERIC LEE, ZUBIETA, JON-KAR · 2016 to 2017
$831k
NCCIH NIH HHS R61 AT009296NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA042033
6 · The paper itself

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 the basis for manifold recommendations regarding the next wave of research needed to firmly establish the efficacy of MBIs and elucidate the mechanistic pathways by which these therapies ameliorate addiction. Issues pertaining to MBI treatment optimization and sequencing, dissemination and implementation, dose-response relationships, and research rigor and reproducibility are discussed.

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AttentionBehavior, AddictiveCombined Modality TherapyCravingData AccuracyExecutive FunctionHumansMentalizationMindfulnessReproducibility of ResultsResearch DesignRewardSocioeconomic FactorsStress, PsychologicalAddictionAutomaticityDisseminationDose–responseMindfulnessReviewRewardSMART

Identifiers

PMID29669599
PMCPMC5907295
OpenAlexW2804135251

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