Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery
Enhancement
Disrupting the Downward Spiral of Chronic Pain and
Opioid Addiction With Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement: A
Review of Clinical Outcomes and Neurocognitive Targets
Posted online on May 20, 2014.
REVIEW
ABSTRACT
Prescription
opioid misuse and addiction among chronic pain patients are problems of
growing medical and social significance.
Chronic pain patients often
require intervention to improve their well-being and functioning, and
yet, the most commonly available form of pharmacotherapy for chronic
pain is centered on opioid analgesics—drugs that have high abuse
liability.
Consequently, health care and legal systems are often stymied
in their attempts to intervene with individuals who suffer from both
pain and addiction. As such, novel, nonpharmacologic interventions are
needed to complement pharmacotherapy and interrupt the cycle of
behavioral escalation. The purpose of this paper is to describe how the
downward spiral of chronic pain and prescription opioid misuse may be
targeted by one such intervention, Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery
Enhancement (MORE), a new behavioral treatment that integrates elements
from mindfulness training, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and positive
psychology.
The clinical outcomes and neurocognitive mechanisms of this
intervention are reviewed with respect to their effects on the risk
chain linking chronic pain and prescription opioid misuse. Future
directions for clinical and pharmacologic research are discussed.
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