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Neuroscience-Informed Psychoeducation for Recovery: A Program to Promote Metacognition in People With Substance Use Disorders

INTRODUCTION: A brief neuroscience-informed psychoeducation program (Neuroscience-Informed Psychoeducation for Recovery [NIPER]) was developed to promote awareness (metacognition) in the main cognitive domains affected by drug and alcohol use to increase willingness to invest time and effort in the...

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Autores principales: Rezapour, Tara, Barzegari, Mohammad, Sharifi, Elham, Malmir, Nastaran, Ghiasvand, Hamidreza, Salehi, Mohammad, Noroozi, Alireza, Ekhtiari, Hamed
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Publicado: Iranian Neuroscience Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8818120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35173914
http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/bcn.2021.809.3
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author Rezapour, Tara
Barzegari, Mohammad
Sharifi, Elham
Malmir, Nastaran
Ghiasvand, Hamidreza
Salehi, Mohammad
Noroozi, Alireza
Ekhtiari, Hamed
author_facet Rezapour, Tara
Barzegari, Mohammad
Sharifi, Elham
Malmir, Nastaran
Ghiasvand, Hamidreza
Salehi, Mohammad
Noroozi, Alireza
Ekhtiari, Hamed
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description INTRODUCTION: A brief neuroscience-informed psychoeducation program (Neuroscience-Informed Psychoeducation for Recovery [NIPER]) was developed to promote awareness (metacognition) in the main cognitive domains affected by drug and alcohol use to increase willingness to invest time and effort in the brain and cognition recovery process. The primary aim of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the NIPER program and its potential effectiveness in increasing metacognition, psychological wellbeing, and willingness for the brain and cognition recovery programs among patients with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). METHODS: A total of 56 patients with SUDs were recruited from four outpatient treatment centers in Tehran City, Iran. They participated in four 90-min weekly sessions delivered adjunct to their routine treatment. The program’s effectiveness was measured in terms of metacognition and psychological wellbeing at baseline and the end of the program. The rate of adherence and participation and willingness to continue with brain and cognition recovery programs were measured as feasibility outcomes. RESULTS: A total of 51 participants completed the study. Compared to the baseline assessments, patients reported more problems in dimensions of attention, memory, inhibitory control, decision making, motor/speech, interoception, insight, and a higher level of psychological wellbeing (t=4.66; P<0.001). In terms of feasibility outcomes, the adherence and participation rates were found above 85%. Most participants expressed their high willingness to continue the brain and cognition recovery programs (86.2%) and would introduce NIPER to their peers (98%). CONCLUSION: Considering the pilot results in terms of feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of NIPER in the clinical context of addiction treatment, we think that NIPER is a potentially beneficial intervention to be offered to people with SUD. It would increase their awareness and engage them in the brain and cognition recovery process. However, the clinical efficacy of the intervention should be tested in future randomized clinical trials.
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spelling pubmed-88181202022-02-15 Neuroscience-Informed Psychoeducation for Recovery: A Program to Promote Metacognition in People With Substance Use Disorders Rezapour, Tara Barzegari, Mohammad Sharifi, Elham Malmir, Nastaran Ghiasvand, Hamidreza Salehi, Mohammad Noroozi, Alireza Ekhtiari, Hamed Basic Clin Neurosci Research Paper INTRODUCTION: A brief neuroscience-informed psychoeducation program (Neuroscience-Informed Psychoeducation for Recovery [NIPER]) was developed to promote awareness (metacognition) in the main cognitive domains affected by drug and alcohol use to increase willingness to invest time and effort in the brain and cognition recovery process. The primary aim of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the NIPER program and its potential effectiveness in increasing metacognition, psychological wellbeing, and willingness for the brain and cognition recovery programs among patients with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). METHODS: A total of 56 patients with SUDs were recruited from four outpatient treatment centers in Tehran City, Iran. They participated in four 90-min weekly sessions delivered adjunct to their routine treatment. The program’s effectiveness was measured in terms of metacognition and psychological wellbeing at baseline and the end of the program. The rate of adherence and participation and willingness to continue with brain and cognition recovery programs were measured as feasibility outcomes. RESULTS: A total of 51 participants completed the study. Compared to the baseline assessments, patients reported more problems in dimensions of attention, memory, inhibitory control, decision making, motor/speech, interoception, insight, and a higher level of psychological wellbeing (t=4.66; P<0.001). In terms of feasibility outcomes, the adherence and participation rates were found above 85%. Most participants expressed their high willingness to continue the brain and cognition recovery programs (86.2%) and would introduce NIPER to their peers (98%). CONCLUSION: Considering the pilot results in terms of feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of NIPER in the clinical context of addiction treatment, we think that NIPER is a potentially beneficial intervention to be offered to people with SUD. It would increase their awareness and engage them in the brain and cognition recovery process. However, the clinical efficacy of the intervention should be tested in future randomized clinical trials. Iranian Neuroscience Society 2021 2021-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8818120/ /pubmed/35173914 http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/bcn.2021.809.3 Text en Copyright© 2021 Iranian Neuroscience Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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Barzegari, Mohammad
Sharifi, Elham
Malmir, Nastaran
Ghiasvand, Hamidreza
Salehi, Mohammad
Noroozi, Alireza
Ekhtiari, Hamed
Neuroscience-Informed Psychoeducation for Recovery: A Program to Promote Metacognition in People With Substance Use Disorders
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title_full_unstemmed Neuroscience-Informed Psychoeducation for Recovery: A Program to Promote Metacognition in People With Substance Use Disorders
title_short Neuroscience-Informed Psychoeducation for Recovery: A Program to Promote Metacognition in People With Substance Use Disorders
title_sort neuroscience-informed psychoeducation for recovery: a program to promote metacognition in people with substance use disorders
topic Research Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8818120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35173914
http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/bcn.2021.809.3
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