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Eric Garland - Working with Addiction & Pain

Mind & Life

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Mindfulness and Systematic Practice in Addiction and Pain Management

The chapter explores how mindfulness techniques can help shift attention away from drug cues and pain, particularly in the context of addiction and chronic pain. It delves into the opioid crisis, discussing stats, prescription opioids' role, pathways to heroin use, and the link between psychiatric disorders and chronic pain in opioid misuse. The chapter also covers research on emotion regulation deficits in opioid misusers and the positive impact of mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement on decreasing brain reactivity to opioid cues.

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