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Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 239-246 (August 2010)


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The Tobacco Addiction Recovery Program: Initial Outcome Findings

Mary Griffithsemail address, Sean A. KiddCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Shannon Pikeemail address, Jacky Chanemail address

published online 16 October 2009.

Tobacco addiction is a major cause of excess mortality among individuals with severe mental illness (SMI). This study examined the impact of a brief group intervention developed for individuals with SMI that integrates evidence-based and recovery-oriented strategies to address tobacco addiction. The intervention was found to significantly decrease tobacco use and dependence and increase participants' sense of self-efficacy with respect to resisting the urge to smoke. These preliminary findings indicate that the Tobacco Addiction Recovery Program intervention is an effective, recovery-oriented intervention for tobacco addiction.

St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

McMaster Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Sean A. Kidd, PhD, CPRP, McMaster Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, CMHS-C1, 100 W. 5th St., Ontario, Canada L8N 3K7.

PII: S0883-9417(09)00099-5

doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2009.07.003


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