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Brain Awareness for Recovery Initiative (BARI)

Brain Awareness for Addiction Recovery Initiative (BARI) works to help people who suffer from substance use disorders and their families have a better understanding about how brain is affected by drug addiction and how they can help the brain in the process of recovery. In a collaboration with Drs Martin Paulus, Robin Aupperle, and Tara Rezapour and Mr. Brad Collins, Dr. Hamed Ekhtiari developed a standalone, cartooned, neuroscience-informed psychoeducation (NIPE) package. NIPE incorporates neuroscience content, using the NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) as the basic framework. RDoC dimensions include negative valence (e.g., anxiety and loss), positive valence (e.g., reward), cognitive systems (e.g., attention, executive control, and working memory), social processes (e.g., affiliation), and arousal/modulatory systems (e.g., sleep–wake). NIPE uses cartoons and affiliated text to promote insight and metacognitive awareness and increase motivation for brain recovery. Some of the NIPE messages are organized in three posters in two different versions for male and female audience. NIPE posters are translated and culturally adopted by local scientific authorities in 12 languages in 5 continents so far. Addiction scientists and practitioners are welcome to send LIBR an email if they are interested to translate the posters in other languages.
 
NIPE materials are organized into a structured psychoeducation package for 4 sessions called “Brain Healing First Aid”. NIPE materials are also incorporated into a larger brain training/rehabilitation program for substance use disorders in 14 sessions (Neurocognitive Empowerment for Addiction Treatment (NEAT) or simply Brain Gym for Recovery).
 
BARI plans for other brain awareness activities/materials to promote brain recovery.

BARI Posters for Download
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English 
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3
Portuguese 
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3
Korean 
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3
Persian 
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3
Arabic
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3
​Chinese
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3 
Swedish
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3
Hindi
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3
Kannada
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3
German
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3
Italian
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3
Hebrew
Poster 1 | Poster 2 | Poster 3

BARI Booklet: English version
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Featured Videos

Introducing "Brain Healing First Aid" and "Brain Gym for Recovery" Programs, Innovations in Mental Health, Zarrow Meeting, October 2018
Brain Healing First Aid Workshop for Drug and Alcohol Counsellors, 12&12 Addiction Treatment Center, Tulsa, OK, November 2018
Brain Rehabilitation for Drug Addiction: Hopes and Challenges, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP2019) meeting, Nelson, New Zealand, September 2019

Neurocognitive Education, Training and Rehabilitation for Addiction Treatment Workshop, PART ONE: Psychoeducation, Auckland New Zealand, September 2019
Neurocognitive Education, Training and Rehabilitation for Addiction Treatment Workshop, PART TWO: Rehabilitation, Auckland New Zealand, September 2019
BARI Introduction in International Society for Addiction Medicine (ISAM2019) meeting, New Delhi, November 2019

Featured Publications

Ekhtiari H, Rezapour T, Aupperle R.L, Paulus MP. (2017). Neuroscience-informed psychoeducation for addiction medicine: A neurocognitive perspective. Prog Brain Res, 235, 239-264, (Link).
Rezapour T, Hatami J, Farhoudian A, Sofuoglu M, Noroozi A, Daneshmand R, Samiei A, Ekhtiari H. (2017). Cognitive rehabilitation for individuals with opioid use disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Neuropsychol. Rehabil. 29, 1273–1289, (Link).
Rezapour T, Hatami J, Farhoudian A, Sofuoglu M, Noroozi A, Daneshmand R, Samiei A, Ekhtiari H. (2015). NEuro COgnitive REhabilitation for Disease of Addiction (NECOREDA) program: From development to trial. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 6(4), 291–298, (Link).
Ekhtiari H, Rezapour T, Aupperle R.L, Paulus MP. (2017). Neuroscience-informed psychoeducation for addiction medicine: A neurocognitive perspective. Prog Brain Res, 235, 239-264, (Link).
Rezapour T, DeVito E.E, Sofuoglu M, Ekhtiari H. (2016). Perspectives on neurocognitive rehabilitation as an adjunct treatment for addictive disorders: from cognitive improvement to relapse prevention. Prog. Brain Res. 224, 345–369, (Link).
Rezapour T, Aupperle R.L, Paulus M.P, Ekhtiari H. (2020). Clinical translation and implementation neuroscience for novel cognitive interventions in addiction medicine. Cognition and Addiction: A Researcher's Guide from Mechanisms Towards Interventions. 393-404, (Link).
Rezapour T, Wurfel B, Simblett S.K, Ekhtiari H. (2017). Neuropsychological rehabilitation of psychiatric disorders. In: Wilson, B.A., Winegardner, J., van Heugten, C.M., Ownsworth, T. (Eds.), Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: The International Handbook. Routledge, New York, (Link).

 

 



 

 

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