Psychological Interventions - Addiction Flashcards

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What is imaginal desensitisation?

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Patients are taught to relax
- Learn from this procedure to relax when they encounter opportunities to carrying out their addiction rather than submit to their cravings

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What as an extension of ID?

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‘In vivo’ exposure, relaxation techniques are applied while the patient is actually experiencing an addictive situation

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What did McConaghy do?

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Gave participants either ID or other behavioural procedures

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What did McConaghy find?

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26/33 who received ID reported control or cessation of gambling compared with 16/30 who received other behavioural procedures

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What does McConaghy’s study show?

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That ID may have a specific effect additional to that of the other behavioural procedures - other procedures could be regarded as placebos

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What does CBT aim to do?

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To counteract underlying irrational beliefs and attitudes about gambling that are believed to be innate and maintain the undesirable behaviour

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What does CBT teach the patients?

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Strategies to correct their incorrect thinking - many gamblers do not understand the concepts of probability and randomness , believing they have control over winning or loosing

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What is cognitive dissonance?

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The feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time

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What is an example of cognitive dissonance for a smoker?

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Believe that they hate smoking e.g. the cost but then also believe that smoking is the best thing in their lives

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What did Schnoll do?

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Cancer patients who were smokers were assigned to either CBT or general health education (GHE)

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What did Schnoll find?

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There was no significant difference between rates of quitting between the CBT and GHE groups at either a 1 month follow up (44%-47%) or a 3 month follow up (43%-39%)

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What does Schnoll’s study show?

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That CBT may not be effective for giving up smoking - the person must have a motive

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What did Toneatto do?

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Used CBT to modify assumptions and beliefs underlying the gambling behaviour of a 47 year old male with a 26 year gambling history

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What did Toneatto find?

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Based on a 6 month follow up, CBT successfully reduced the frequency of client’s gambling from 10 times per month in the 3 years previous to treatment to three total times in the 6 month follow up

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What does Toneatto’s study show?

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That CBT may be good for changing behaviour that is based on thinking for addiction where as smoking is a physical addiction BUT only one case

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