Mindfulness-Based Intervention and Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation to Reduce Heavy Drinking

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

84

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 22, 2016

Primary Completion Date

August 27, 2018

Study Completion Date

August 27, 2018

Conditions
Alcohol DrinkingAlcohol IntoxicationAlcoholism
Interventions
DEVICE

Brain stimulation with mindfulness-based relapse prevention

Participants will participate in weekly or twice weekly group mindfulness based relapse prevention (MBRP) + transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) intervention sessions for up to eight weeks. All participants will receive 8 two hour sessions of MBRP + tDCS, regardless of the group schedule. Subjects will receive 30 minutes of either active or sham tDCS stimulation, depending on their group assignment. After tDCS, sessions will include discussions of mindfulness as a means of coping with craving, cognitions, and emotions, role play exercises, and mindfulness practice.

Trial Locations (1)

87131

University of New Mexico Psychology Clinical Neuroscience Center, Albuquerque

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

lead

University of New Mexico

OTHER

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