Sunday, February 13, 2011

Mindfulness-Based Treatments for Co-Occurring Depression and Substance Use Disorders: What Can We Learn from the Brain?

In a previous post, I wrote about the implications if a pilot study that Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) may help people in recovery avoid relapse during depressed moods (Witkiewitz & Bowen, 2010). A recent article in Addiction by Brewer and colleagues explores how mindfulness-based treatments may be useful in treating people with both substance use problems and depression. (The authors of the article include a few of the developers of MBRP--Drs. Alan Marlatt and Sarah Bowen.)

The article is largely theoretical and includes explorations of potential neurobiological processes that may change through mindfulness training. It's relatively brief, so feel free to check it yourself!

To download a copy of the article, click on the citation below:

Brewer, J.A., Bowen, S., Smith, J.T., Marlatt, G.A., & Potenza, M.N. (2010). Mindfulness-Based Treatments for Co-Occurring Depression and Substance Use Disorders: What Can We Learn from the Brain? Addiction, 105(10), 1698-1706.

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