Authors
Haruka Minami, Shadi Nahvi, Julia H Arnsten, Hannah R Brinkman, Monica Rivera-Mindt, David W Wetter, Erika Litvin Bloom, Lawrence H Price, Elise K Richman, Thomas F Betzler, Corinne Stockmal, Remington Donnelly, Lauren M McClain, Katherine A Kennedy, Carlos Vieira, Micki Fine, Danielle E McCarthy, J Graham Thomas, Jacki Hecht, Richard A Brown
Publication date
2022/10
Journal
Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology
Volume
30
Issue
5
Pages
653
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Description
Cigarette smoking disproportionately affects individuals with mood disorders, but smoking cessation interventions have modest effects in this population. Home mindfulness practice during abstinence incentivized via contingency management (CM) may help those in affective distress quit smoking.
Method
Adult smokers receiving outpatient psychiatric treatment for mood disorders were randomized to receive a smartphone-assisted mindfulness-based smoking cessation intervention with contingency management (SMI-CM, n= 25) or enhanced standard treatment (EST, n= 24) with noncontingent rewards. Participants in SMI-CM were prompted to practice audio-guided mindfulness five times per day for 38 days (vs. no comparison intervention in EST), and received monetary incentives for carbon monoxide (CO)≤ 6 ppm. The primary outcome was biochemically verified 7-day point prevalence abstinence rates 2, 4 …Total citations
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