Using Meditation in Addiction Counseling

Young, Mark E.; DeLorenzi, Leigh; Cunningham, Laura

doi:10.1002/j.2161-1874.2011.tb00207.x

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“…Both mental and physical well-being were found to have a positive effect of addiction recover behavior. Physical activities are known to increase the production dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin and can act as mechanisms for a natural high [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. Many initiatives such as "lace-'em-up" have demonstrated the importance of physical activity for recovering addicts [40].…”

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“…Studies have shown that addition of exercise as a lifestyle change leads to abstinence or reduction in drug use [31][32][33][34]. Mediation and yoga has also been proved to help individuals in their withdrawals and addiction by acting a calming effect during their period of struggles [35][36][37]. Professional activities constitute another aspect of self-development.…”

Section: The Sem Model For Recoverymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Analysis of associations between emotions and activities of drug users and their addiction recovery tendencies from social media posts using structural equation modeling

Jha

Singh

2020

BMC Bioinformatics

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Background Addiction to drugs and alcohol constitutes one of the significant factors underlying the decline in life expectancy in the US. Several context-specific reasons influence drug use and recovery. In particular emotional distress, physical pain, relationships, and self-development efforts are known to be some of the factors associated with addiction recovery. Unfortunately, many of these factors are not directly observable and quantifying, and assessing their impact can be difficult. Based on social media posts of users engaged in substance use and recovery on the forum Reddit, we employed two psycholinguistic tools, Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count and Empath and activities of substance users on various Reddit sub-forums to analyze behavior underlining addiction recovery and relapse. We then employed a statistical analysis technique called structural equation modeling to assess the effects of these latent factors on recovery and relapse. Results We found that both emotional distress and physical pain significantly influence addiction recovery behavior. Self-development activities and social relationships of the substance users were also found to enable recovery. Furthermore, within the context of self-development activities, those that were related to influencing the mental and physical well-being of substance users were found to be positively associated with addiction recovery. We also determined that lack of social activities and physical exercise can enable a relapse. Moreover, geography, especially life in rural areas, appears to have a greater correlation with addiction relapse. Conclusions The paper describes how observable variables can be extracted from social media and then be used to model important latent constructs that impact addiction recovery and relapse. We also report factors that impact self-induced addiction recovery and relapse. To the best of our knowledge, this paper represents the first use of structural equation modeling of social media data with the goal of analyzing factors influencing addiction recovery.

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Section: Mental and Physical Well-beingmentioning

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Section: The Sem Model For Recoverymentioning

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Analysis of associations between emotions and activities of drug users and their addiction recovery tendencies from social media posts using structural equation modeling

Jha

Singh

2020

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“…A simpler taxonomy was presented by Walsh and Shapiro (), who categorized meditation by the practice's type of attention (i.e., awareness‐based or concentrative), relationship with cognition (e.g., observing or modifying cognitions), and the goal (e.g., developing compassion or awareness). Following this further, Young, de Armas DeLorenzi, and Cunningham () divided all practices into three categories: (a) devotional (e.g., Christian practices), (b) mantra‐based (i.e., focused or unfocused), and (c) mindfulness‐based. Moreover, Ritz () highlighted the largest distinction between practices by separating them into the be here now meditations (e.g., those focused on creating present‐focused awareness) and the be there now meditations (e.g., those focused on transcendence and enlightenment).…”

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Center, Light, and Sound: The Psychological Benefits of Three Distinct Meditative Practices

Gutiérrez

Fox

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2015

Counseling and Values

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Meditation has been a popular topic in counseling and psychological research in recent years. However, other meditative practices have been gaining exposure recently of which counselors may not be aware. The current article provides a brief overview of 3 meditative practices: centering prayer, jyoti meditation, and acem meditation. The purpose of this article is to provide counselors with introductions to alternative meditative practices that may be otherwise overshadowed.

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Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling

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Using Meditation in Addiction Counseling

Cited by 12 publications

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Analysis of associations between emotions and activities of drug users and their addiction recovery tendencies from social media posts using structural equation modeling

Analysis of associations between emotions and activities of drug users and their addiction recovery tendencies from social media posts using structural equation modeling

Center, Light, and Sound: The Psychological Benefits of Three Distinct Meditative Practices

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