Evaluating effects of episodic future thinking on valuation of delayed reward in cocaine use disorder: a pilot study

Effects of episodic future thinking on reinforcement pathology during smoking cessation treatment among individuals with substance use disorders

“…Regarding DD rates, these findings confirm and extend previous research in substance users (Bulley and Gullo 2017;Chiou and Wu 2017;Forster et al 2021;Mellis et al 2019;Patel and Amlung 2020;Snider et al 2016;Sofis et al 2020;Stein et al 2016Stein et al , 2018. Of note is that the short cues generated in EFT were not presented in the DD task.…”

“…First, unlike other studies (see, e.g., Chiou and Wu 2017;Stein et al 2016Stein et al , 2018, this sample consists of treatment-seeking smokers, rather than current smokers without motivation to quit, a variable strongly related to RP (Sheffer et al 2019;Veilleux and Skinner 2016). Second, the number of days of abstinence from substance use was higher (an average of 274.60), compared to previous EFT studies with SUD populations (see, e.g., Forster et al 2021;Sofis et al 2020;Voss et al 2021). These differences in the participant profiles may have an impact on RP.…”

“…EFT has shown effects on substance use, such as reduction of tobacco use (Chiou and Wu 2017;Stein et al 2016), and reduction of alcohol use (Voss et al 2021). Additionally, in substance users, EFT has been shown to reduce DD rates (Athamneh et al 2021;Bulley and Gullo 2017;Chiou and Wu 2017;Forster et al 2021;Mellis et al 2019;Patel and Amlung 2020;Snider et al 2016;Sofis et al 2020;Stein et al 2016Stein et al , 2018 and drug demand indices (Athamneh et al 2021;Bulley and Gullo 2017;Patel and Amlung 2020;Snider et al 2016Snider et al , 2018Voss et al 2021).…”

Imagining the Future to Reshape the Past: A Path to Combine Cue Extinction and Memory Reconsolidation With Episodic Foresight for Addiction Treatment

“…In light of these advances and seminal findings, several experimental studies and clinical trials investigated the therapeutic effects of EFT on reducing delay discounting and consequent maladaptive behaviors and reported positive health-related outcomes as a result of engaging in EFT in people with alcohol use disorder, overweight, obese and prediabetic individuals, cigarette smokers, cannabis users, and people with cocaine use disorder (55)(56)(57)(58)(59)(60)(61). Moreover, EFT training for individuals with addictive behaviors is suggested to improve the efficiency of other psychosocial interventions aiming to attain emotional reappraisal and correction (62).…”

Pensamiento episódico futuro para el tratamiento de las adicciones a examen: conceptualización y evidencias de su efectividad

“…Hay evidencia disponible de quince estudios: cinco en fumadores de tabaco (Aonso-Diego et al, 2021;Athamneh et al, 2021a;Chiou y Wu, 2017;Stein et al, 2016Stein et al, , 2018, seis adicionales en consumidores de alcohol (Athamneh et al, 2021b;Bulley y Gullo, 2017;Mellis et al, 2019;Patel y Amlung, 2020;Snider et al, 2016;Voss et al, 2021), y cuatro en consumidores de sustancias ilegales: cannabis (Sofis et al, 2020;Sofis et al, 2021) y cocaína (Forster et al, 2021;Snider et al, 2021). Los estudios de efectividad del PEF se han llevado a cabo principalmente en contextos experimentales (12/15), solo tres estudios se han realizado en contextos de tratamiento (Aonso-Diego et al, 2021;Forster et al, 2021;Patel y Amlung, 2020). La mayoría (11/15) han sido desarrollados en Estados Unidos y los restantes en España, Taiwán, Australia y Canadá.…”