Lack of attentional retraining effects in cigarette smokers attempting cessation: A proof of concept double-blind randomised controlled trial

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 158-165

  Begh, Rachna ^a   Munafò, Marcus R ^b   Shiffman, Saul ^c   Ferguson, Stuart G ^d   Nichols, Linda ^e   Mohammed, Mohammed A ^f   Holder, Roger L ^e   Sutton, Stephen ^g   Aveyard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Attentional retraining; Cigarette smoking; Craving; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE PATCH; PLACEBO; NICOTINE GUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; ATTENTIONAL RETRAINING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MOOD AND PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRAVING; CUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926156961     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.01.041     Document Type: Article

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