Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Program for Alcoholism: A Case-Control Study

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  • Orawan Silpakit Srithanya Hospital, Tivanont Road, Nonthaburi 11000

Abstract

Objective:  To test the efficacy mindfulness-based relapse prevention program (MBRP) in alcohol dependent patients.
Methods: The experimental study was carried out from June 2012 to March 2013. The MBRP was conducted in five 90-minute sessions and one half- day session, following   Buddhist concepts related to Sati development. The objectives of the program were to develop subject’s awareness and acceptance of feeling and thought without identification with them. The program focuses on mindfulness practice in daily life. Subjects volunteered to participate in the study. The control group was matched selected and received treatments as usual.  The number of cases who stopped drinking, dropped out and relapsed within 16 weeks were analyzed with Survival Analysis.
Results: There were 30 cases of alcohol dependent males equally entering to the study and the control groups. The median time to relapse of the study group was significantly longer than that of the control group (8 wks vs 2 wks, p=.04).  At the end of the study, 8 cases in the study group compared with 3 cases in the control group were abstinent.  No subject in the study group was readmitted while 8 cases in the control group did so.
Conclusion: The MBRP can help to prolong abstinent period and probably improve other clinical outcomes of the alcohol dependent subjects. However longer-term study in a larger sample should be carried out.   

Keywords: Alcohol, mindfulness, relapse prevention

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24-02-2015

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Silpakit, O. (2015). Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Program for Alcoholism: A Case-Control Study. Siriraj Medical Journal, 67(1). Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/55255

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Vol. 67 No. 1 (2015): January-February

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