MBRP on Reducing Craving and Addictive Behaviour in Adults

"Manualized MBRP program is used with a central theme in each session, with meditation practices and relapse prevention exercises and discussions. Themes include the concept of automatic pilot and its relationship to addiction relapse, recognizing thoughts and emotions in relation to triggers of relapse, integrating mindfulness practices into daily activities, practicing mindfulness in high risk situations and the role of thoughts and emotions in relapse. Include daily homework exercises that consist of awareness exercises directed at increasing non-judgmental awareness of bodily sensations, thoughts and feelings, together with exercises designed to integrate awareness skills into daily life. Include training in mindfulness through body scan, sitting meditation, and mindful stretching exercises, to cultivate awareness during simple stretching movement."

Participants in the UCCG condition will remain in their standard outpatient aftercare provided by the treatment agency with an aim to maintain their abstinence with the help from social workers or other healthcare professionals through different activities, such as topics on life training skills such as rational thinking skills, grief and loss, assertiveness, self esteem, goal setting, effects of drugs on interpersonal relationships and experience. Frequency of their visits to / contacts with healthcare professionals will be recorded.