Neurophysiological evidence for remediation of reward processing deficits in chronic pain and opioid misuse following treatment with Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement: exploratory ERP findings from a pilot RCT

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 327-336

  Garland, Eric L ^a   Froeliger, Brett ^b   Howard, Matthew O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Chronic pain; ERP; LPP; Mindfulness; Opioid misuse; Positive emotion; Reward; Savoring

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; REWARD;

EID: 84925466972     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-014-9607-0     Document Type: Article

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