ArticlePsychopharmacology2019
No effect of attentional bias modification training in methamphetamine users receiving residential treatment.
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- Cortical thickness and related depressive symptoms in early abstinence from chronic methamphetamine use.Addiction biology · 2022Article
- A methodological checklist for fMRI drug cue reactivity studies: development and expert consensus.Nature protocols · 2022Article
- Challenges When Evaluating Cognitive Bias Modification Interventions for Substance Use Disorder.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- A Scoping Review on Cue Reactivity in Methamphetamine Use Disorder.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Making Sense of Negative Findings from Mobile Attention Bias Modification Interventions for Individuals with Addictive Disorders: Quantitative Feasibility Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- A Roadmap for Integrating Neuroscience Into Addiction Treatment: A Consensus of the Neuroscience Interest Group of the International Society of Addiction Medicine.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Review
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Abstract
rationaleAttentional bias toward drug-related stimuli is a feature of drug addiction that is linked to craving and drug-seeking behavior. OBJECTIVES/
methodAn attentional bias modification (ABM) program was tested in 42 methamphetamine-dependent clients (DSM-IV criteria) receiving residential treatment for their drug use. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups (N = 21 each), receiving 12 sessions of either computerized ABM training (designed to train attention away from methamphetamine stimuli 100% of the time) or an attentional control condition (designed to train attention away from methamphetamine stimuli 50% of the time). Outcome measures included attentional bias to methamphetamine-related stimuli on a probe detection task, self-reported craving, and preferences to view methamphetamine-related images on a Simulated Drug Choice Task. A subset of participants (N = 17) also underwent fMRI in a cue-induced craving paradigm.
resultsPoor split-half reliability was observed for the probe detection task. Using this task, attentional bias toward methamphetamine-related stimuli was greater after training than at baseline, irrespective of group (p = 0.037). Spontaneous and cue-induced methamphetamine craving diminished with time (ps < 0.01), but ABM training did not influence these effects (group by time interactions, ps > 0.05). ABM training did not influence selection of methamphetamine-related pictures in the Simulated Drug Choice task (p > 0.05). In the fMRI assessment, cue-induced activation in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex was reduced over time, without an effect of ABM training.
conclusionsABM training did not improve several clinically relevant variables in treatment-seeking methamphetamine users. Additional research is needed to improve the measurement of attentional bias.
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