Effects of attention control training on drug abusers’ attentional bias and treatment outcome.

2016 ◽  
Vol 84 (10) ◽  
pp. 861-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyedeh Soleil Ziaee ◽  
Javad Salehi Fadardi ◽  
W. Miles Cox ◽  
Seyed Amir Amin Yazdi
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Attention Control ◽  
Drug Abusers

Personalized attention control therapy for PTSD: effectiveness and moderators of outcome in a randomized controlled trial

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Adva Segal ◽  
Daniel S. Pine ◽  
Yair Bar-Haim
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Attention Control ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Control Therapy ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Attentional Interference

Abstract Background Previous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) suggest that attention control therapy (ACT), targeting aberrant fluctuations of attention toward and away from threats in patients with PTSD, may be effective in reducing symptoms. The current RCT examined whether the use of personalized-trauma stimuli enhances ACT efficacy in patients with PTSD. Additional moderators of treatment outcome were tested on an exploratory basis. Methods Sixty patients with PTSD were randomly assigned to either personalized ACT, non-personalized ACT, or a control condition. Changes in symptoms were examined across pre-treatment, post-treatment, and a 3-month follow-up. Attentional interference was examined pre- and post-treatment. Baseline clinical and cognitive indices as well as the time elapsed since the trauma were tested as potential moderators of treatment outcome. Results A significant reduction in clinical symptoms was noted for all three conditions with no between-group differences. Attention bias variability decreased following ACT treatment. Personalized ACT was more effective relative to the control condition when less time had elapsed since the trauma. Baseline clinical and cognitive indices did not moderate treatment outcome. Conclusions In this RCT of patients with PTSD, ACT was no more effective in reducing PTSD symptoms than a control condition. The data also suggest a potential benefit of personalized ACT for patients who experienced their trauma more recently.

Indicators of Depression and Suicidal Ideation among Drug Abusers

1983 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 784-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Flynn ◽  
Robert C. Mc Mahon
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Drug Abusers ◽  
Psychotic Depression ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
Significant Depression ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Self Report Data ◽  
Depression Scales

The purpose of this study was to provide data relating to the validity of the Dysthymia and Psychotic Depression scales of the Millon Clinical Mulriaxial Inventory as indicators of serious depression measured by self-report data from che Treatment Outcome Prospective Study (TOPS) survey form. Scores on both Millon scales had low bur staristically significant correlations with TOPS survey items dealing with depression-related physical immobilization and suicidal ideation. Results indicate that these scale had limited value in identifying these significant depression-related symptoms among the 88 drug abusers (M age of 29 yr.)

Alcohol attentional bias as a predictor of alcohol abusers’ treatment outcome

2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.Miles Cox ◽  
Lee M Hogan ◽  
Marc R Kristian ◽  
Julian H Race
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Alcohol Abusers

scholarly journals The impact of the attention training technique on attention control and worry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Attention Control ◽  
Attention Training ◽  
Practice Session ◽  
Audio Recording ◽  
Training Technique ◽  
Control Intervention ◽  
The Impact

The present study examined whether the Attention Training Technique (ATT; Wells, 1990) is more efficacious at reducing worry and modifying GAD-related attention processes than a control intervention. Adults with Probable GAD (N = 29) monitored their worry for a week and were then randomly assigned to one of two audio recording interventions: ATT, or a control intervention that was not expected to train attention. Following one practice session at the laboratory, participants were instructed to listen to their assigned recording once per day for 7 consecutive days. Neither intervention showed a reduction in worry and most processes, although there was a significant reduction in attentional bias to threat from pre to postintervention that did not vary as a function of experimental condition. Findings suggest that overall, neither ATT nor the control intervention had a significant impact on worry and worry-related features. Explanations for the null findings are offered.

scholarly journals Measures of Attentional Bias and Relational Responding Are Associated with Behavioral Treatment Outcome for Cocaine Dependence

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth M. Carpenter ◽  
Diana Martinez ◽  
Nehal P. Vadhan ◽  
Dermot Barnes-Holmes ◽  
Edward V. Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Behavioral Treatment ◽  
Cocaine Dependence ◽  
Relational Responding

scholarly journals The impact of the attention training technique on attention control and worry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Attention Control ◽  
Attention Training ◽  
Practice Session ◽  
Audio Recording ◽  
Training Technique ◽  
Control Intervention ◽  
The Impact

The present study examined whether the Attention Training Technique (ATT; Wells, 1990) is more efficacious at reducing worry and modifying GAD-related attention processes than a control intervention. Adults with Probable GAD (N = 29) monitored their worry for a week and were then randomly assigned to one of two audio recording interventions: ATT, or a control intervention that was not expected to train attention. Following one practice session at the laboratory, participants were instructed to listen to their assigned recording once per day for 7 consecutive days. Neither intervention showed a reduction in worry and most processes, although there was a significant reduction in attentional bias to threat from pre to postintervention that did not vary as a function of experimental condition. Findings suggest that overall, neither ATT nor the control intervention had a significant impact on worry and worry-related features. Explanations for the null findings are offered.

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