Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment for Heroin Users

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment for Heroin Users is a development project targeting mild and above levels of anxiety sensitivity that will involve the testing of a specialized protocol for improving treatment retention and outcomes for heroin dependent individuals in a residential substance use treatment. ASTH-HR will integrate established treatment modules such as Healthy Relationships, along with interoceptive exposure, affect management, and psycho-education exercises developed for anxiety prevention and treatment programs with standard substance use treatment.

Official Title
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Novel Intervention for Drug Use and HIV Risk Among Anxiety Sensitive Heroin Users

Conditions
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Anxiety

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Anxiety sensitivity therapy


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: exhibit a score of 21 on a self-report measure of anxiety sensitivity be in 28 days of residential substance use treatment. meet criteria for current opioid dependence as determined by SCID interview administered at intake. Exclusion Criteria: evidence of limited mental competency the inability to give informed, voluntary, written consent to participate current psychosis current bipolar disorder.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Behavioral: Anxiety sensitivity therapy|ASTH consists of 6 sessions of individual treatment, each lasting approximately 75 minutes over 3 weeks. In general, each session consists of the following components1) psychoeducation regarding the anxiety response, with a focus on increasing awareness of the ways in which the patient interprets or evaluates that response 2) assistance in developing healthy emotion regulation strategies that can be used to increase acceptance and tolerance of the anxiety response (including associated catastrophic thoughts), as well as understanding the consequences associated with avoidance or control of anxiety 3) a minimum of 3 interoceptive exercises tailored to activate feared anxiety-related sensations and 4) daily homework assignments (i.e., daily anxiety monitoring and interoceptive exercises).|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 |  | 24 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Timeline Follow Back 90 days |  | 24 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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anxiety sensitivity, heroin