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Mindfulness training enhances opioid addiction treatment

Supplementing standard opioid addiction treatment with Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)-an intervention that incorporates mindfulness training, savouring skills, and cognitive reappraisal-cuts program dropout rates by 59% and relapses by 42%, found Rutgers led research amid unprecedented opioid abuse. An estimated 10 million Americans misuse opioids or have opioid use disorder, while annual overdose deaths have exceeded 80,000.