What are 3 reasons the Cognitive Behavior Therapy approach is good for substance abusers?
I am writting an essay on the Cognitive Behavior Therapy and need to prove why it would be a good approach to use on substance abusers. Can anyone suggest 3 reasons, theres not much good information on the net.
I can’t believe I’m doing this….
The Behavioral and Cognitive Views
" According to behaviorists, operant conditioning may play a key role in substance abuse. They argue that the temporary reduction of tension or raising of spirits produced by a drug has a rewarding effect, thus increasing the likelihood that the user will seek this reaction again. Similarly, the rewarding effects of a substance may eventually lead users to try higher dosages or more powerful methods of ingestion. Cognitive theorists further argue that such rewards eventually produce an expectancy that substances will be rewarding, and this expectation helps motivate individuals to increase drug use at times of tension.
In support of these views studies have found that individuals do in fact drink more alcohol or seek heroin when they feel tense."
Cognitive-behavioral therapies
" Two popular approaches combine cognitive and behavioral techniques to help people gain CONTROL over their substance-related behaviors. In one, BEHAVIORAL SELF-CONTROL TRAINING (BSCT), applied to alcoholism in particular, therapists first have clients keep track of their own drinking behavior. Writing down times, locations, emotions, bodily changes, and other circumstances of their drinking, they become more aware of the situations that place them at risk for excessive drinking. They are then taught coping strategies to use when such situations arise. They learn, for example, to set limits on their drinking…and to to practice relaxation techniques, assertiveness skills, and other coping behaviors in situations in which they would otherwise be drinking.
In a related cognitive approach, RELAPSE-PREVENTION TRAINING, heavy drinkers are assigned many of the same tasks as clients in BSCT. They are also taught to plan ahead of time how many drinks are appropriate, what to drink, and under what circumstances. The approach often lowers the frequency of intoxication…"
November 13th, 2009 at 12:34 am
CBT would be helpful in that it could possibly mimic the lifestyle of the substance abuser. CBT uses a systematic-goal approach to therapy, which is a little like how an abuser would live their life: get substance, take it, search for next hit, gather resources for next hit, attain next hit. Using this therapy would allow the therapist to let the abuser keep similar structure in their life (setting and attaining goals). It’s not 3 reasons but I hope it’s a start.
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November 13th, 2009 at 12:55 am
What is cognitive therapy and does it work?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy
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November 13th, 2009 at 1:16 am
I can’t believe I’m doing this….
The Behavioral and Cognitive Views
" According to behaviorists, operant conditioning may play a key role in substance abuse. They argue that the temporary reduction of tension or raising of spirits produced by a drug has a rewarding effect, thus increasing the likelihood that the user will seek this reaction again. Similarly, the rewarding effects of a substance may eventually lead users to try higher dosages or more powerful methods of ingestion. Cognitive theorists further argue that such rewards eventually produce an expectancy that substances will be rewarding, and this expectation helps motivate individuals to increase drug use at times of tension.
In support of these views studies have found that individuals do in fact drink more alcohol or seek heroin when they feel tense."
Cognitive-behavioral therapies
" Two popular approaches combine cognitive and behavioral techniques to help people gain CONTROL over their substance-related behaviors. In one, BEHAVIORAL SELF-CONTROL TRAINING (BSCT), applied to alcoholism in particular, therapists first have clients keep track of their own drinking behavior. Writing down times, locations, emotions, bodily changes, and other circumstances of their drinking, they become more aware of the situations that place them at risk for excessive drinking. They are then taught coping strategies to use when such situations arise. They learn, for example, to set limits on their drinking…and to to practice relaxation techniques, assertiveness skills, and other coping behaviors in situations in which they would otherwise be drinking.
In a related cognitive approach, RELAPSE-PREVENTION TRAINING, heavy drinkers are assigned many of the same tasks as clients in BSCT. They are also taught to plan ahead of time how many drinks are appropriate, what to drink, and under what circumstances. The approach often lowers the frequency of intoxication…"
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My Psych book. (second year college- abnormality basics) This is DIRECT quote word-for word, incase you want to use it in a paper or something.
Book info- "Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology" Ronald J. Comer, fifth edition. Published in 2008 by Worth Publishers. New York, New York.