Mindfulness in Treatment Approaches for Addiction — Underlying Mechanisms and Future Directions

Purpose of Review While the treatment of addictive disorders proves to be challenging, new treatment approaches that evolved around the concepts of mindfulness and acceptance have been utilized and investigated in recent years. Our goal is to summarize the efficacy and possible underlying mechanisms of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) in addictive disorders. Recent Findings Various meta-analyses have suggested that MBIs show clinical...