treatments for addictions
- Created by: courteny
- Created on: 20-05-16 10:02
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- treatments for addictions
- behavioural
- token economy
- patients are giving tokens for good behaviour then get a reward when they have a certain amount of tokens
- petry et al 42 alcoholics token economy group 69% abstinent after 8 weeks compared to 29% of other group standard treatment alone
- aversion therapy
- based on classical conditioning
- the idea is that the desirable behaviour os paired with something unpleasant for example an emetic.
- even if they smell alcohol should be given the drug eventually associate drinking with being sick
- token economy
- cognitive
- CBT for kleptomaniac
- covert sensitisation patient imagines a negative image with the behaviour
- imaginal desensitisation patient is taught to relax impulsivity and relaxation can not occur at same time relaxation should take over the urge to involve in behaviour
- behavioural
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