Mindfulness treatment for substance misuse: A systematic review and meta-analysis

摘要: High rates of relapse following substance misuse treatment highlight an urgent need for effective therapies. Although the number empirical studies investigating effects mindfulness has increased dramatically in recent years, few reviews have examined findings studies. Thus, this systematic review methodological characteristics and substantive evaluating treatments published by 2015. The also includes first meta-analysis randomized controlled trials misuse. Comprehensive bibliographic searches PubMed, PsycInfo, Web Science, identified 42 pertinent Meta-analytic results revealed significant small-to-large reducing frequency severity misuse, intensity craving psychoactive substances, stress. Mindfulness were increasing posttreatment abstinence from cigarette smoking compared to alternative treatments. is a promising intervention although more research needed examining mechanisms which interventions exert their effectiveness diverse settings.