SynthesisAddiction (Abingdon, England)2023
Cognitive training and remediation interventions for substance use disorders: a Delphi consensus study.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Neuropsychological rehabilitation in executive deficits resulting from alcohol use disorder: systematic review of literature.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Neural underpinnings of response inhibition in substance use disorders: weak meta-analytic evidence for a widely used construct.Psychopharmacology · 2024Pooled it
- The Effect of Smartphone-Delivered Approach Bias Modification Training on Relapse Among Patients Leaving Residential Alcohol Treatment: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Computerized cognitive training for problem gambling: A randomized controlled trial (TRAIN-online).Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Trial
- Integrating cognitive bias modification for pain and opioid cues into medication for opioid use disorder clinical care: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary results.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Trial
- Preliminary Evidence of Inhibitory and Error-Related Neural Alterations Associated with Early Relapse in Cocaine Use Disorder: A Retrospective Go/No-Go Event-Related Potential Study.European addiction research · 2026Article
- Neuropsychological Mechanisms Associated with the Effectiveness of AI-Delivered Health Promotion Programs: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Neuropsychological impairment detected by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment monitors recovery and predicts treatment dropout in substance use disorders.BJPsych open · 2026Article
- "A tool in a toolbox": patient engagement with a gamified and personalised approach bias modification app to reduce harmful alcohol consumption - a qualitative study.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Article
- The Effectiveness of Cognitive Rehabilitation on Cognitive Flexibility, Working Memory, Response Inhibition, and Drug Craving in Abstinent Addicts.Addiction & health · 2026Article
- Episodic memory and inhibitory control in people who inject substances results of cohort COSINUS study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Mechanisms of an inhibitory control training to reduce binge eating behaviours: study protocol of the randomized controlled proof-of-principle MIND BINGES trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Repeated toluene inhalation in male and female adolescent rats induces persistent drug preference and impairs cognitive and social behavior.Psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Regulation of craving and underlying resting-state neural circuitry predict hazard of smoking lapse.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Context-dependent Impulsivity in Substance Use Disorder: A Neuroscience-informed Framework.Current addiction reports · 2025Article
- Cannabis Dependence is Associated with Reduced Hippocampal Subregion Volumes Independently of Sex: Findings from an ENIGMA Addiction Working Group Multi-Country Study.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2024Article
- The combination of donepezil and cognitive training for improving treatment outcomes for alcohol use disorder: Design of a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Five Challenges in Implementing Cognitive Remediation for Patients with Substance Use Disorders in Clinical Settings.Neuropsychology review · 2024Review
- The association between adverse childhood experiences and alterations in brain volume and cortical thickness in adults with alcohol use disorder.Addiction biology · 2024Article
- Human laboratory models of reward in substance use disorder.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024Review
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Abstract
aimsSubstance use disorders (SUD) are associated with cognitive deficits that are not always addressed in current treatments, and this hampers recovery. Cognitive training and remediation interventions are well suited to fill the gap for managing cognitive deficits in SUD. We aimed to reach consensus on recommendations for developing and applying these interventions. DESIGN, SETTING AND
participantsWe used a Delphi approach with two sequential phases: survey development and iterative surveying of experts. This was an on-line study. During survey development, we engaged a group of 15 experts from a working group of the International Society of Addiction Medicine (Steering Committee). During the surveying process, we engaged a larger pool of experts (n = 54) identified via recommendations from the Steering Committee and a systematic review. MEASUREMENTS: Survey with 67 items covering four key areas of intervention development: targets, intervention approaches, active ingredients and modes of delivery.
findingsAcross two iterative rounds (98% retention rate), the experts reached a consensus on 50 items including: (i) implicit biases, positive affect, arousal, executive functions and social processing as key targets of interventions; (ii) cognitive bias modification, contingency management, emotion regulation training and cognitive remediation as preferred approaches; (iii) practice, feedback, difficulty-titration, bias modification, goal-setting, strategy learning and meta-awareness as active ingredients; and (iv) both addiction treatment work-force and specialized neuropsychologists facilitating delivery, together with novel digital-based delivery modalities.
conclusionsExpert recommendations on cognitive training and remediation for substance use disorders highlight the relevance of targeting implicit biases, reward, emotion regulation and higher-order cognitive skills via well-validated intervention approaches qualified with mechanistic techniques and flexible delivery options.
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