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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

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  • Substance use disorders (SUD) are frequently accompanied by cognitive deficits that impede successful recovery.
  • Current SUD treatments often do not adequately address these cognitive impairments, creating a significant gap in care.
  • Cognitive training and remediation interventions show promise for managing cognitive deficits in SUD populations.

Approach:

  • A Delphi methodology was employed, involving two iterative phases: survey development and expert surveying.
  • An initial working group of 15 experts refined survey items, followed by online surveying of 54 experts identified through recommendations and a systematic review.
  • The study utilized a 67-item survey focused on intervention targets, approaches, active ingredients, and delivery modes for cognitive training in SUD.

Key Points:

  • Consensus was reached on 50 items across four intervention domains.
  • Key targets include implicit biases, positive affect, arousal, executive functions, and social processing.
  • Preferred intervention approaches encompass cognitive bias modification, contingency management, emotion regulation training, and cognitive remediation.
  • Effective active ingredients include practice, feedback, difficulty titration, bias modification, goal-setting, strategy learning, and meta-awareness.
  • Delivery can be facilitated by addiction treatment professionals and neuropsychologists, with a notable inclusion of digital modalities.

Conclusions:

  • Expert consensus highlights the importance of targeting implicit biases, reward processing, emotion regulation, and higher-order cognitive skills for SUD cognitive interventions.
  • Well-validated intervention approaches incorporating mechanistic techniques and flexible delivery options are recommended.
  • These recommendations provide a framework for developing and implementing effective cognitive training and remediation strategies for individuals with substance use disorders.