Combining Web-Based Attentional Bias Modification and Approach Bias Modification as a Self-Help Smoking Intervention for Adult Smokers Seeking Online Help: Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
BackgroundAutomatically activated cognitive motivational processes such as the tendency to attend to or approach smoking-related stimuli (ie, attentional and approach bias) have been related to smoking behaviors.
Wen, Si +6 more
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Smartphone-Based Approach-Avoidance Bias Modification Training for Depression: Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
BackgroundEffective treatments for depression are available, yet many patients do not respond to treatment or experience relapse. Cognitive bias modification aims to ameliorate cognitive biases that contribute to the development and maintenance of the ...
Maximilian Blomberg +5 more
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Efficacy of approach bias modification as an add-on to smoking cessation treatment: study protocol for a randomized-controlled double-blind trial [PDF]
Background Although effective treatments for smoking cessation are available, long-term abstinence is the exception rather than the norm. Accordingly, there is a need for novel interventions that potentially improve clinical outcome.
Charlotte E. Wittekind +6 more
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‘A circuit breaker’ – Interrupting the alcohol autopilot: A qualitative exploration of participants’ experiences of a personalised mHealth approach bias modification intervention for alcohol use [PDF]
Objective: There is a need for low-cost, wide-reaching interventions to enhance accessibility of support for people with hazardous alcohol consumption.
G.L. Bolt +3 more
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Protocol for the methamphetamine approach-avoidance training (MAAT) trial, a randomised controlled trial of personalised approach bias modification for methamphetamine use disorder [PDF]
Background Globally, methamphetamine use has increased in prevalence in recent years. In Australia, there has been a dramatic increase in numbers of people seeking treatment, including residential rehabilitation, for methamphetamine use disorder (MUD ...
Joshua B. B. Garfield +12 more
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Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Approach Bias Modification (ABM) training on food cravings in people taking antipsychotic medication [PDF]
Background Antipsychotic drug-induced weight gain puts individuals with schizophrenia at increased cardiometabolic risk. As a potential intervention for this problem, we describe the theoretical background and a protocol for a feasibility randomised ...
Luiza Grycuk +4 more
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The Effect of Smartphone-Delivered Approach Bias Modification Training on Relapse Among Patients Leaving Residential Alcohol Treatment: A Randomised Controlled Trial [PDF]
Joshua BB Garfield,1,2 Danielle Whelan,1,2 Hugh Piercy,1,2 Malcolm Hopwood,3,4 Michael Maloney,5 Rajnarayan Mahasuar,6 Ariel D Roxburgh,1,2,7 Dan I Lubman,1,2 Victoria Manning1,2 1Monash Addiction Research Centre, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash ...
Garfield JBB +8 more
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The effects of approach bias modification on smoking cue-reactivity in individuals who smoke: A randomized controlled fMRI study [PDF]
Approach bias modification (ApBM), a computerized training designed to retrain involuntary approach action tendencies toward drug-related cues, has been shown to reduce relapse rates when added to treatment-as-usual (TAU) in alcohol use disorder.
Franziska Motka +4 more
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A Personalized Approach Bias Modification Smartphone App (“SWiPE”) to Reduce Alcohol Use: Open-Label Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness Study [PDF]
BackgroundApproach bias modification (ApBM), a computerized cognitive intervention that trains people to “avoid” alcohol-related images and “approach” nonalcohol images, reduces the likelihood of relapse when administered during ...
Victoria Manning +5 more
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“A tool in a toolbox”: patient engagement with a gamified and personalised approach bias modification app to reduce harmful alcohol consumption – a qualitative study [PDF]
Background Approach Bias Modification (ApBM) is a recommended adjunctive intervention during residential treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), and there are also promising findings for ApBM as an adjunctive intervention for people in outpatient ...
Victoria Manning +9 more
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