Neuroscience-Informed Therapy Provides Massive Cost-Savings for Opioid Addiction Treatment

Neuroscience-informed therapy provides massive cost-savings for opioid addiction treatment

A new economic evaluation from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine has revealed that Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) - an innovative, evidence-based, neuroscience-informed therapy for opioid misuse and chronic pain - provides $12 in cost savings for every dollar spent, between two and six times more cost effective than other addiction treatments such as residential or intensive outpatient treatment.

The Cost of Losing Self-Respect in Addiction

Addiction can easily destroy a person's self-respect. But does a deficit of self-respect make a person more vulnerable to developing an addiction?

Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Opioid Misuse Offers Massive Return on Investment

A mindfulness-based treatment for opioid use disorder could generate $12 in economic benefit for every dollar spent, a massive improvement on current approaches.