Mindfulness as a Strategy for Coping with Cue-Elicited Cravings for Alcohol: An Experimental Examination

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1134-1142

  Murphy, Cara M ^a   Mackillop, James ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Craving; Cue exposure; Extinction; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY DRINKING QUESTIONNAIRE; DISTRACTION BASED STRATEGY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINK REFUSAL SELF EFFICACY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINDFULNESS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PASSIVE CONTROL; PENN ALCOHOL CRAVING SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; URGE DISTRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CRAVING; CUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MINDFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898024284     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12322     Document Type: Article

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