Raja yoga meditation and medication-assisted treatment for relapse prevention: A pilot study
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Raja yoga meditation and medication-assisted treatment for relapse prevention: A pilot study
Abstract
The continued need for advancement in evidence-based SUD treatment, as well as increases in treatment expense and decline in support from insurance providers, suggest that brief, innovative, and affordable treatments are needed. Meditation, spirituality, and adherence to medication-assisted treatments have all been shown to support abstinence. The current trial assessed effects of spiritually-based meditation, versus relaxation or standard treatment, on substance abstinence and psychological distress and dysfunction in a partially buprenorphine-supported (41.5%) treatment sample. Participants (N = 40) were recruited from an intensive outpatient treatment program, in which three treatment locations acted as separate experimental conditions. Abstinence was measured through urinalyses at baseline and weekly thereafter for the duration of the intervention. Psychological distress and dysfunction were assessed with a Likert-scaled questionnaire measuring symptoms typically associated with SUD. Co-varying for buprenorphine use, participants in the Meditation condition had better odds of remaining abstinent than participants in the Treatment-as-Usual (TAU) and Relaxation conditions. There were no significant differences in substance abstinence between the Relaxation and TAU conditions. Further, co-varying out baseline there were no significant differences at post-course in psychological distress and dysfunction between the three conditions. Results from this pilot trial suggest that this spiritually-informed approach may offer additive support to individuals in SUD treatment, as an aid to the meditative aspect of the 12 steps, or a non-12-step alternative spiritual supplement to standard SUD treatment.
Keywords: Medication-assisted treatment; Meditation; Mindfulness; SUD; Spirituality; Substance use disorders.
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