Minds and Mentors Program
What Do We Do?
The study provides group therapy counseling that combines mindfulness-based relapse prevention therapy and peer mentoring to improve adherence to medications for opioid use disorders (MOUD).
After you consent to participate in the study, you will be randomly placed in one of two groups: the mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBPR) group or the twelve-step facilitation (TSF) group.
If you are by chance assigned to the MBRP group, you will participate in 8 weekly therapy sessions with a licensed counselor followed by 4 weekly sessions with a peer mentor. If you are, by chance, assigned to the TSF group, you will participate in 12 weekly sessions of the TSF.
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Eligibility
- Must be diagnosed with opioid use disorder
- Must use medications for opioid use
- Must be at least 19 years old
Data Collection
- Urine drug screen at each weekly counseling session
- Must complete data collection at baseline (study start), 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 12 weeks after counseling sessions, and 24 weeks after counseling sessions
- Data collection includes a urine drug screen, a saliva sample to check stress reactivity, and the completion of questionnaires.
Compensation
- Receive $15 for five data collection sessions
- Receive $20.00 transportation assistance for sessions attended
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Center For Complementary & Integrative Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers R61AT010802 and R33AT010802. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
The National Institutes of Health awarded these projects $783,788 (R61AT010802) and $1,941,978 (R33AT010802), which finances 100% of program activities.