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Behavioural activation (BA) interventions to reduce substance use and depressive symptoms
Summary of the evidence
Behavioural Activation (BA) interventions were found in a systematic review without meta-analysis (Matrínez-Vispo et al 2018, studies = 8, 6 of which RCTs) to potentially improve:
- substance use (2 out of 6 RCTs reported statistically significant results in favour of BA)
- depressive symptoms (6 out of 8 studies reported statistically significant results in favour of BA)
Details
Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.
