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15 Cards in this Set
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What does the disease model argue?
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That substance abuse disorders are medical disorders and that biological treatments are the most appropriate, and that people have no control over their disorders.
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What is the most widely prescribed intervention by the proponents of biological perpectives on alcoholism?
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AA
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What does the harm reduction model argue?
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Focuses on the psychological and sociocultural factors that lead people to use substances inappropriately and on helping people to gain control over their use of substances through behavioral cognitive interventions. ***this model does not presume that people must avoid ALL drinking but cut down.
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What is detoxification?
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Where individuals basically are assited in stopping their use of the substance, and then the substance is allowed to be eliminated from the body.
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What are antagonist drugs?
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They are used to block the effects of the addictive drug, reducing the desire of the addict for the drug.
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What is disulfiram?
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Antabuse--makes drinkers vomit when given alcohol.
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What are the two general approaches to ending nicotine abuse?
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-Replacement therapy
-Medication that curbs cravings |
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What is methadone?
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A substance that is used to help people avoid withdrawals from heroin.
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What is the goal of cognitive behavioral therapy when treating substance abuse disorders?
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-To motivate the individual to stop using the drug.
-Teach new ways to cope with stress -Disengage from all tempting people and places -Enhance support system -Give drugs to aid in their battle |
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What is aversive classical conditioning?
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Making the addict grow to dislike the drugs with trickery.
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What is covert sensitization therapy?
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Therapy in which people who are alcohol dependent use imagery to create associations between thoughts of alcohol use and thoughts of unpleasant things.
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What is cue exposure and response prevention?
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A behavior therapy that is used to extinguish this conditioned response to cues associated with alcohol intake. EX: Smelling the alcohol and learning to resist it.
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What do cognitive interventions do?
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Help clients identify the situations in which they are most likely to drink and lose control and help them cope.
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What is teh abstinence violation effect?
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A powerful contributor to relapse.
-The first is the sense of conflict and guilt when and an alcoholic relapses and takes a drink. -The tedency to attribute relapse to a lack of willpower, rather than to situational factors. |
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What are the goals of relapse prevention programs?
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To teach alcoholics to view slips as temporary and situationally caused.
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