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Investigating Neurobiological Mechanisms of Chess as an Add-On Treatment Against Substance Use Disorder
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Standard therapy for AUD plus Chess-based cognitive treatment, Standard therapy for AUD, and 2 other interventions for Substance Use Disorders. Completed, enrolled 108 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Neurobiological and neuropsychological approaches to investigate the potential mechanism of action of chess as an add-on therapy (chess based - cognitive remediation treatment, CB-CRT) to reduce cognitive deficits in individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) or tobacco use disorder (TUD).
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Behavioral: standard AUD Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Clinical setting. Patients who voluntarily submit to enter a qualified detoxification treatment program will be examined, either in-patient, out-patient, or in a day-clinic setting at the Department of Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine. Additional, the experimental group receives chess based cognitive remediation treatment (CB-CRT) for 1,5 hours three times a week. The tasks of the treatment were created by our cooperation partner, the psychologist Juan Antonio Montero. He is currently successfully applying this battery as an add-on therapy. The training battery is designed to strengthen cognitive functioning in specific domains such as short-term memory, focal attention, selective attention, pattern recognition, visuospatial abilities, metacognition and also inhibition.
Behavioral: standard AUD Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Clinical setting. Patients who voluntarily submit to enter a qualified detoxification treatment program will be examined, either in-patient, out-patient, or in a day-clinic setting at the Department of Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine.
Behavioral: standard smoking cessation therapy for TUD in group therapy setting. Patients who voluntarily submit to enter a qualified smoking cessation program will be examined in an out-patient setting at the Department of Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine. They receive a six-week standard therapy (one 1,5 hours group therapy per week). Additional, the experimental group receives chess based cognitive remediation treatment (CB-CRT) for 1,5 hours three times a week. The tasks of the treatment were created by our cooperation partner, the psychologist Juan Antonio Montero. He is currently successfully applying this battery as an add-on therapy. The training battery is designed to strengthen cognitive functioning in specific domains such as short-term memory, focal attention, selective attention, pattern recognition, visuospatial abilities, metacognition and also inhibition.
Behavioral: standard smoking cessation therapy for TUD in group therapy setting. Patients who voluntarily submit to enter a qualified smokind cessation program will be examined in an out-patient setting at the Department of Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine. They receive a six-week standard therapy (one 1,5 hours group therapy per week). Additional, the experimental group receives chess based cognitive remediation treatment (CB-CRT) for 1,5 hours three times a week.