17.5.2 Behavioural Interventions

• What is the primary goal of behavioural interventions for addiction?

  Reduce addictive behaviours
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on altering thoughts and behaviours related to addiction
• Contingency Management uses rewards to reinforce sobriety.
• What is a key focus of CBT in treating addiction?

  Identifying triggers
• Contingency Management provides immediate incentives to reinforce sobriety
• CBT modifies thoughts and behaviours, while Contingency Management reinforces sobriety with rewards.
• What is an example of CBT in action?

  Challenging negative thoughts
• The key principle of Contingency Management is using rewards to reinforce sobriety
• CBT is designed to change thinking patterns and behaviours associated with addiction.
• What does CBT focus on to address addiction?

  Identifying triggers
• CBT addresses harmful beliefs by challenging negative thoughts
• CBT alters thoughts and behaviours, while Contingency Management rewards specific goals.
• What is an example of Contingency Management in practice?

  Earning vouchers for clean tests
• CBT is a psychological therapy designed to change thinking patterns and behaviours
• Developing coping strategies is a key component of CBT.
• What does Contingency Management use to encourage compliance and abstinence?

  Rewards
• Contingency Management provides tangible rewards for achieving sobriety
• Motivational Interviewing aims to resolve ambivalence and strengthen motivation to change.
• What is one of the four key principles of Motivational Interviewing?

  Collaboration
• In Motivational Interviewing, a therapist might ask about the pros and cons of current habits
• Motivational Interviewing focuses on collaborative conversation, while CBT changes thoughts and behaviours.
• What is a key focus of behavioural interventions for addiction?

  Identifying triggers
• CBT focuses on challenging negative thoughts about relapse
• Challenging negative thoughts is a key component of CBT.
• What type of rewards does Contingency Management use to encourage sobriety?

  Tangible rewards
• One of the four key principles of MI is evocation
• Motivational Interviewing aims to increase intrinsic motivation, while CBT focuses on changing cognitive distortions.
• What is Motivational Interviewing (MI)?

  Collaborative conversation for change
• One of the key principles of MI is collaboration
• Acceptance in MI involves affirming the individual's autonomy and inherent worth.
• What does compassion in MI involve?

  Expressing empathy and care
• In MI, evocation refers to drawing out the individual's own reasons for change
• Match the technique with its focus:

  Motivational Interviewing (MI) ↔️ Resolving ambivalence

  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) ↔️ Changing thoughts and behaviors
• Arrange the key principles of MI in a logical order to resolve ambivalence and strengthen motivation:

  1️⃣ Collaboration

  2️⃣ Acceptance

  3️⃣ Compassion

  4️⃣ Evocation
• What is the first key principle of Motivational Interviewing (MI)?

  Collaboration
• One of the key principles of Motivational Interviewing is affirming the individual's autonomy and inherent worth
• Compassion in Motivational Interviewing involves expressing empathy and genuine care for the individual's well-being.
• What does the evocation principle in MI focus on?

  Drawing out individual's reasons
• A therapist using MI might ask, "What are the pros and cons of continuing your current drinking habits
• Match the behavioural intervention with its key principle:

  Motivational Interviewing (MI) ↔️ Collaborative conversation to resolve ambivalence

  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) ↔️ Changing thoughts and behaviours