Research
Mindfulness therapy assisted by ketamine may strengthen body awareness to reduce opioid cravings
The Brief
- Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine studied adding ketamine to a mindfulness-based treatment for opioid use disorder.
- They found the combination may strengthen people's ability to recognize and respond to signals from their bodies.
- The authors suggest these changes may help reduce opioid cravings.
Why it matters
It is an early research finding on a possible way to strengthen a mindfulness-based treatment for opioid use disorder, which may matter to clinicians and researchers studying addiction treatment.
Who’s affected
- People with opioid use disorder
- Clinicians and researchers in addiction treatment
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Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that adding ketamine to a mindfulness-based treatment for opioid use disorder may strengthen people's ability to recognize and respond to signals from their bodies—changes that may help reduce…