Cognitive behavioral therapy and the nicotine transdermal patch for dual nicotine and cannabis dependence: a pilot study.

Autor: Hill KP; Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA. khill@mclean.harvard.edu, Toto LH, Lukas SE, Weiss RD, Trksak GH, Rodolico JM, Greenfield SF
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The American journal on addictions [Am J Addict] 2013 May-Jun; Vol. 22 (3), pp. 233-8.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2012.12007.x
Abstrakt: Background and Objectives: We assessed the feasibility of a new cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) manual, plus transdermal patch nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), to treat co-occurring nicotine and cannabis dependence.
Method: Seven of 12 (58.3%) adults with DSM-IV diagnoses of both nicotine and cannabis dependence completed 10 weeks of individual CBT and NRT.
Results: Participants smoked 12.6 ± 4.9 tobacco cigarettes per day at baseline, which was reduced to 2.1 ± 4.2 at the end of treatment (F[5]  = 23.5, p < .0001). The reduction in cannabis use from 10.0 ± 5.3 inhalations per day at baseline to 8.0 ± 5.3 inhalations per day at 10 weeks was not significant (F[5]  = 1.12, p = .37). There was a significant decrease from the mean baseline Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence scores at weeks 4, 6, 8, and 10 of treatment (F[4]  = 19.8, p < .001) and mean Client Satisfaction Questionnaire scores were uniformly high (30.6 ± 1.9).
Conclusions and Scientific Significance: A CBT plus NRT treatment program significantly reduced tobacco smoking but did not significantly reduce cannabis use in individuals with co-occurring nicotine and cannabis dependence. There was no compensatory increase in cannabis use following the reduction in tobacco smoking, suggesting that clinicians can safely pursue simultaneous treatment of co-occurring nicotine and cannabis dependence. The intervention was well-liked by the 7 of the 12 enrollees who completed the study.
(Copyright © American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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