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CBT - Coggle Diagram
CBT
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Overview
assumes that addictions are a result of faulty thinking, maladaptive thoughts and cognitive biases
changing and restructuring thought processes, combined with learning new behaviours is essential for quitting addictive behaviours
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stages in CBT
- skill acquisition and real life application
drug refusal skills - find it hard to resist due to social pressure, taught strategies to cope with social pressure
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- relapse prevention training
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identify situations in which relapse may be likely to occur and events that might trigger feeling or thoughts that would lead to relapse eg. places, friends
identifying and correcting cognitive biases eg in gambling, educate them about cognitive biases
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eg. empirical disputing, beliefs are are not consistent with reality
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research support
young 2007 - used self report measures of motivation, time management and social relationships of internet addicts before a course of 12 sessions of CBT
suggest CBT is an effective treatment for addictive behaviours and that it is an effective long term solution
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relapse prevention
those who had relapse prevention spent fewer days drunk, consumed less alcohol and spent less time drinking than those who underwent the other treatments
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Chaney et al 1978 - studied ex soldiers who were alcoholics who underwent one of 3 treatments: skills training (relapse prevention), psychotherapy, standard treatment