Mindfulness could be a key to recovering from substance abuse, experts say [medicalxpress.com]

Alicia Doktor 3/22/199:58 AM

Mindfulness might offer more than relief from daily stress. Research now suggests it can boost recovery from addiction and trauma.

Investigators at USC believe the contemplative practice could represent the next major breakthrough in the treatment of substance use and major mental health issues.

"It's a very different way of doing therapy and being in therapy," said Jordan Davis, an assistant professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. "But it's like the Wild West right now. We just don't know that much yet."

[For more on this story by Eric Lindberg, University of Southern California, go to https://medicalxpress.com/news...substance-abuse.html]

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