Mindfulness Meditation for Health

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Alcohol Dependence

In brief

The purpose of this 52-week clinical trial is to see if the meditation-based intervention, adjunctive to standard of care therapy, can reduce relapse and improve psychological health among adults recovering from alcohol dependence.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01056484

Run by

University of Wisconsin, Madison

People needed

123

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-11-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Alcohol dependence diagnosis
• Completed at least 2 weeks of IOP or (IOP equivalent=at least 2 days per week) for alcohol dependence
• Sober since beginning of outpatient treatment
• English fluency; ability to fill out surveys
• Permanent home address and telephone
• At least 18 years old
• Score >13 on the Perceived Stress Scale

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant
• Alcohol abstinence >14 weeks before enrollment
• Current, regular meditation
• Pre-existing bipolar, schizophrenia, or delusional disorder
• Regular drug use (other than tobacco) in last 2 weeks
• Inability to reliably participate

Where it is running

• University of Wisconsin-Madison — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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