Impact of an exercise intervention on methamphetamine use outcomes post-residential treatment care

Highlights • We examine the effect of exercise on posttreatment methamphetamine (MA) use. • We study 8 weeks of exercise vs. health education in residential treatment patients. • Lower severity MA-dependent patients who exercised used MA fewer days posttreatment. • Higher severity MA users did not s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2015-11, Vol.156, p.21-28
Hauptverfasser: Rawson, Richard A, Chudzynski, Joy, Mooney, Larissa, Gonzales, Rachel, Ang, Alfonso, Dickerson, Daniel, Penate, Jose, Salem, Bilal A, Dolezal, Brett, Cooper, Christopher B
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • We examine the effect of exercise on posttreatment methamphetamine (MA) use. • We study 8 weeks of exercise vs. health education in residential treatment patients. • Lower severity MA-dependent patients who exercised used MA fewer days posttreatment. • Higher severity MA users did not show these results. • Findings support exercise as a treatment component for lower severity MA users.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.08.029