COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSERS

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Substance Abusers

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Substance Abusers

From the viewpoint of cognitive-behavior idea, alcoholic beverage and pharmaceutical dependence are examined as wise behaviors that are came by through experience. If alcoholic beverage or a drug presents certain yearned outcomes (e.g., good sentiments, decreased stress, etc.) on repeated events, it may become the favored way of accomplishing those results, particularly in the nonattendance of other ways of gathering those yearned ends.

The present guidelines employ a cognitive-behavioral structure for conceptualizing consuming and drug-abuse problems, and as a cornerstone for conceiving interventions that aim on ...