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Interventions and Treatments Barlow Durand Ab Psy 7th Ed.
Interventions and Treatments Barlow Durand Ab Psy 7th Ed.
EATING DISORDERS
SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS
- Agonist substitution
Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders o Providing the person with a safe drug that
- First step: help someone through the withdrawal has a chemical makeup similar to the
process addictive drug (therefore the name agonist)
- Ultimate goal: abstinence Methadone – an opiate agonist often
given as a heroine substitute; originally
called “adolphine”
Buprenorphine – blocks the effects of
opiate and encourage better compliance
Nicotine – a cigarette substitute;
provided to smokers in the form of gum,
patch, inhaler, or nasal spray, which lack
the carcinogens included in cigarette
smoke
Bupropion (Zyban) – medical treatment
for smoking; also serves as an
antidepressant under the trade name
Wellbutrin
- Antagonist treatments
o Antagonist drugs block or counteract the
effects of psychoactive drugs
Naltrexone – has limited success with
individuals who are not simultaneously
participating in a structured treatment
program
Acomprosate – decrease cravings in
people dependent on alcohol
- Aversive treatments o Women for Sobriety
o Disulfiram (Antabuse) o SMART Recovery
For people who are alcohol-dependent - Component treatment
Prevents the breakdown of acetaldehyde, o Contingency Management
a by-product of alcohol, and the resulting Clinician and client together select the
build-up of acetaldehyde causes feelings behaviors that the client needs to change
of illness and decide on the reinforcers that will
Causes nausea, vomiting, elevated heart reward reaching certain goals
rate, and respiration o Community Reinforcement Approach
o Use of silver nitrate in lozenges or gum Several facets of the drug problem are
Combines with saliva to produce a bad addressed to help identify and correct
taste in the mouth aspects of the person’s life that might
- Psychosocial treatments contribute to substance use or interfere
o Inpatient facilities with efforts to abstain
Designed to help people get through the o Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
initial withdrawal period and to provide Intends to improve the individual’s beliefs
supportive therapy so they can go back that any changes made (e.g., drinking
to their communities less) will have positive outcomes (e.g.,
Can be extremely expensive more family time)
o Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its o Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
variations Addresses multiple aspects of the
Twelve Steps program – developed by disorder, including a person’s reactions
AA; the basis of its philosophy to cues that lead to substance use (e.g.,
Foundation of AA is the notion that being among certain friends)
alcoholism is a disease and alcoholics Addresses the problem of relapse
must acknowledge their addiction to
alcohol and its destructive power over GAMBLING DISORDER
them
Treatment of Gambling Disorder
- Treatment is often similar to substance
dependence treatment
- Gambler’s Anonymous
o Incorporates the Twelve Step program
- Cognitive-behavioral interventions
o Setting financial limits
o Planning alternative activities
o Preventing relapse
o Imaginal desensitization
IMPULSE-CONTROL DISORDERS
NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS