PMID- 31556669 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191224 LR - 20201001 IS - 1939-2117 (Electronic) IS - 0022-006X (Print) IS - 0022-006X (Linking) VI - 87 IP - 10 DP - 2019 Oct TI - Mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement reduces opioid misuse risk via analgesic and positive psychological mechanisms: A randomized controlled trial. PG - 927-940 LID - 10.1037/ccp0000390 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Despite the heightened urgency of the current prescription opioid crisis, few psychotherapies have been evaluated for chronic pain patients receiving long-term opioid analgesics. Current psychological pain treatments focus primarily on ameliorating negative affective processes, yet basic science suggests that risk for opioid misuse is linked with a dearth of positive affect. Interventions that modulate positive psychological processes may produce therapeutic benefits among patients with opioid-treated chronic pain. The aim of this study was to conduct a theory-driven mechanistic analysis of proximal outcome data from a Stage 2 randomized controlled trial of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE), an integrative intervention designed to promote positive psychological health. METHOD: Patients with opioid-treated chronic pain (N = 95; age = 56.8 +/- 11.7; 66% female) were randomized to 8 weeks of therapist-led MORE or support group (SG) interventions. A latent positive psychological health variable comprised of positive affect, meaning in life, and self-transcendence measures was examined as a mediator of the effect of MORE on changes in pain severity at posttreatment and opioid misuse risk by 3-month follow-up. RESULTS: Participants in MORE reported significantly greater reductions in pain severity by posttreatment (p = .03) and opioid misuse risk by 3-month follow-up (p = .03) and significantly greater increases in positive psychological health (p < .001) than SG participants. Increases in positive psychological health mediated the effect of MORE on pain severity by posttreatment (p = .048), which in turn predicted decreases in opioid misuse risk by follow-up (p = .02). CONCLUSIONS: Targeting positive psychological mechanisms via MORE and other psychological interventions may reduce opioid misuse risk among chronic pain patients receiving long-term opioid therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved). FAU - Garland, Eric L AU - Garland EL AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and College of Social Work, University of Utah. FAU - Hanley, Adam W AU - Hanley AW AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and College of Social Work, University of Utah. FAU - Riquino, Michael R AU - Riquino MR AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and College of Social Work, University of Utah. FAU - Reese, Sarah E AU - Reese SE AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and College of Social Work, University of Utah. FAU - Baker, Anne K AU - Baker AK AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and College of Social Work, University of Utah. FAU - Salas, Karen AU - Salas K AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and College of Social Work, University of Utah. FAU - Yack, Brooke P AU - Yack BP AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and College of Social Work, University of Utah. FAU - Bedford, Carter E AU - Bedford CE AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and College of Social Work, University of Utah. FAU - Bryan, Myranda A AU - Bryan MA AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and College of Social Work, University of Utah. FAU - Atchley, Rachel AU - Atchley R AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and College of Social Work, University of Utah. FAU - Nakamura, Yoshio AU - Nakamura Y AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development and Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah. FAU - Froeliger, Brett AU - Froeliger B AD - Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina. FAU - Howard, Matthew O AU - Howard MO AD - School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT03298269 GR - R61 AT009296/AT/NCCIH NIH HHS/United States GR - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine/ GR - R01 DA042033/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - Stephanie Loker Hurst/ GR - Fahs Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation/ PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PL - United States TA - J Consult Clin Psychol JT - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology JID - 0136553 RN - 0 (Analgesics, Opioid) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Affect MH - Aged MH - Analgesia/psychology MH - Analgesics, Opioid/therapeutic use MH - Chronic Pain/drug therapy/psychology/*therapy MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Mindfulness MH - Opioid-Related Disorders/psychology/therapy MH - Psychotherapeutic Processes MH - *Self-Help Groups MH - Treatment Outcome PMC - PMC6764586 MID - NIHMS1017629 EDAT- 2019/09/27 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/25 06:00 PMCR- 2020/10/01 CRDT- 2019/09/27 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/09/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2019-57426-009 [pii] AID - 10.1037/ccp0000390 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Consult Clin Psychol. 2019 Oct;87(10):927-940. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000390.