Improving Sleep to Reduce Risk for Substance Use Disorder
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Conditions studied: Substance Use Disorders, Insomnia, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
In brief
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a prevalent and impairing condition, particularly among trauma exposed individuals. The current proposal aims to address the critical need for targeted direct SUD prevention in this population by intervening on a novel, malleable risk factor for SUD common among trauma-exposed individuals: sleep disturbance. Sleep disturbance prospectively predicts the development of SUD and may confer risk for SUD by increasing stress reactivity, decreasing decision-making abilities, and ultimately promoting substance use to relieve negative affect, a core etiological factor in SUD. However, to our knowledge, no experimental studies have determined whether improving sleep leads to reductions in SUD risk. As such, the current study will use a randomized controlled trial design to test the effects of brief behavioral treatment for insomnia (BBTI) against a waitlist control among a sample of trauma-exposed young adults with poor sleep and risk for SUD (N = 60). We aim to determine the direct and indirect effects of condition (BBTI vs. waitlist control) on SUD symptoms, substance use-related problems, coping motives, and posttraumatic stress symptoms through improvements in sleep. Furthermore, we will test direct and indirect effects of condition on theoretically proposed mechanisms underlying the association between sleep disturbance and SUD risk (i.e., stress reactivity, cravings in response to stress).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03226132
- Run by
- Florida State University
- People needed
- 73
- Starts
- 2017-08-20
- Expected to finish
- 2018-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-02-01
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Trauma exposure
- Current cannabis use
- Insomnia symptoms
- Age 18-30
You may not qualify if…
- Severe substance use disorder
- Receiving treatment related to sleep or substance use
Where it is running
- Anxiety and Behavioral Health Clinic — Tallahassee, Florida, United States
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