Memory Retrieval-Extinction Combined With Virtual Reality Reducing Drug Craving for Methamphetamine: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Memory Retrieval-Extinction Combined With Virtual Reality Reducing Drug Craving for Methamphetamine: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

BackgroundRelapse, often precipitated by drug-associated cues that evoke craving, is a key problem in the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder (MUD). Drug-associated memories play a major role in the maintenance of relapse. Extinction training is a common method for decreasing drug craving by s...

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Main Authors: Wang Liu, Xi-Jing Chen, Ya-Tong Wen, Markus H. Winkler, Pauli Paul, Yi-Ling He, Liang Wang, Hong-Xian Chen, Yong-Hui Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
memory reconsolidation
retrieval-extinction
extinction
drug-associated memories
virtual reality
methamphetamine
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00322/full

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