Article Excerpt: Two computerized programs improved outcomes when they were used to supplement or partially replace in-person behavioral therapy for drug addiction in recent NIDA-sponsored trials. In one trial, adding Computer-Based Training for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT4CBT) to standard methadone-maintenance therapy increased abstinence from cocaine among patients who were addicted to both opioids and cocaine. In the other trial, outpatients who interacted with the Therapeutic Education System (TES) in place of attending some in-person therapy sessions had almost twice the odds of abstaining from all drugs and alcohol in the last 4 weeks of a 12-week trial period.
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Article Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)