Treating addiction

• Why are drug therapies used to treat addiction?

  Because there is a positive correlation between the comorbidity of depression and addiction
• What drugs can be used to teat depression?

  SSRI's, tricyclic and benzodiazepine
• What are the two types of behavioral interventions?

  Aversion therapy and covert therapy
• What is aversion therapy?


  A form of therapy that aims to reduce addiction by associating them with an unpleasant stimuli
• What is convert therapy?


  Similar to aversion therapy by the consequence is imaginary and vivid
• What did Kraft and Kraft find about behavioral interventions?

  Patients with different addictions who used behavioral therapies for 2-4 sessions were successfully treated
• How does cognitive behavioral therapy treat addiction?


  It challenges and identifies faulty cognitions and causes cognitive reconstruction
• What is the theory of planned behavior?


  Argues that an individuals behavior can be predicted by their intentions which is determined by their beliefs and societal norms
• What did Sheppard argue about TOPB?

  That is has a strong predictive use
• What are the six stages of Prochaska's model?

  Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance and relapse
• What is the precontemplation stage?


  When the individual isn't ready to change and rationalises their additive behavior
• What is the contemplation stage?


  When the individual starts to consider their addiction as a problem but makes no changes
• What is the preparation stage?


  When the individual has accepted their addiction and begins to make goals
• What is the action stage?

  When the individual actively works towards their goals and changing their behavior
• What is the maintenance stage?


  When the individual is focused on their new life and has avoided relapsing
• What is the relapse stage?


  When the individual goes back to their addictive behaviors after being free