Mindfulness-based treatment to prevent addictive behavior relapse: Theoretical models and hypothesized mechanisms of change

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 513-524

  Witkiewitz, Katie ^a   Bowen, Sarah ^b   Harrop, Erin N ^b   Douglas, Haley ^b   Enkema, Matthew ^b   Sedgwick, Carly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Mechanisms of behavior change; Mindfulness meditation; Relapse prevention; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; HUMAN; MEDITATION; METHODOLOGY; MINDFULNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84897758002     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2014.891845     Document Type: Article

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