Interventions overview
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- Created on: 21-04-13 16:49
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- Effectiveness of Interventions
- Biological
- agonist
- i.e Methadone used to help treat heroin addicts- longer lasting
- Stablise beahviour
- However usually needs a combination of therapies (McClellan et al)
- Side effects which can cause relapse
- Can become dependent on the new drug= cause another addiction
- Nicotine replace-ment only work effectively when combined (Hughes)
- Provide +ive reinforce -ment (quick relief)
- i.e Methadone used to help treat heroin addicts- longer lasting
- antagonist
- Cannot be abused and do not cause of feeling of being 'high'
- Helps to stabilize health & social functioning & reduce exposure to risk behaviours.
- O'Brien et al found using naltrexone on alcoholics improved likely-hood of success & decrease alcohol cravings.
- Kim et al found 75% of gamblers taking N had improved symptoms.
- Evaluation of study
- However side effects can occur.
- Relapse when pharma-therapy is stopped
- Determinstic
- agonist
- Public Health
- Project TND
- Bachman et al- campagin highly effective in changing attitudes and led to reduced cannabis usage.
- Sussman- peer led programmesmore successful
- SENATR campaign
- Palmgreen et al- messages were effective
- Fear Campaign
- Sutton & Hallett-fear arousing warnings-effective
- Witte & Allen-fear appeals can motivate change.
- Howver can cause increase in addictive beh.
- Jannis-too much fear cause people too ignore it.
- Seth & Rogers- self efficacy important.
- Worksite-Live for life
- fielding (90) & Shipley et al (88)
- target people who may not seek help otherwise.
- Project TND
- Biological
- Public Health
- Project TND
- Bachman et al- campagin highly effective in changing attitudes and led to reduced cannabis usage.
- Sussman- peer led programmesmore successful
- SENATR campaign
- Palmgreen et al- messages were effective
- Fear Campaign
- Sutton & Hallett-fear arousing warnings-effective
- Witte & Allen-fear appeals can motivate change.
- Howver can cause increase in addictive beh.
- Jannis-too much fear cause people too ignore it.
- Seth & Rogers- self efficacy important.
- Worksite-Live for life
- fielding (90) & Shipley et al (88)
- target people who may not seek help otherwise.
- Project TND
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