Vulnerability Factors In Addiction
Individual Differences in Addiction Liability The majority of people who occasionally experience the effects of drugs such as alcohol, cocaine and heroin do not become addicted (Anthony et al., 1994;…
Core Motivational Processes in Addiction
Is Addiction About Avoiding Pain or Seeking Reward? Diverse psychological therapies, spanning the spectrum of psychodynamic to cognitive behavioural, have tended to account for addiction as a manifestation of either…
Managing Impulses
Introduction and Overview This chapter begins with comments on structuring a session and an overview of techniques aimed at cultivating resilience among those seeking help for addictive disorders. The premise…
Future Directions
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Maintaining Change
Relapse Prevention Strategies from a Neurocognitive Perspective Automatic or implicit tendencies, specifically the acquisitive responses at the core of addiction, take time to develop but are slower to decay. Moreover,…
Managing Mood
The Reciprocal Relationship Between Mood and Addiction The CHANGE framework emphasizes the importance of addressing unregulated substance use as a prerequisite to addressing emotional disorder. This requires little justification, as…
Addictions
17Addictions Addiction to substances affects millions of people and is, according to the World Health Organization (2010), the third leading risk factor for early death and disabilities. Mental health clinicians…
Youth Obsessive–CompulsiveDisorder (OCD)
13Youth Obsessive–CompulsiveDisorder (OCD) In Chapter 12, we learned that CBGT for children with anxiety and depression is an effective form of treatment. This chapter, with its focus on youth obsessive–compulsive…
Later Life Depression and Anxiety
11Later Life Depression and Anxiety This chapter resumes the discussion in Chapter 7 on the viability of transdiagnostic groups. It does so by outlining how depression and anxiety often coexist…
