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A Prediction Error-driven Retrieval Procedure for Destabilizing and Rewriting Maladaptive Reward Memories in Hazardous Drinkers
Published on: January 5, 2018
[Cognitive-behavioral therapy for alcohol and drug use disorders]
Bernard P Rangé1, G Alan Marlatt
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Objective:
Cognitive-behavioral therapies have been successfully used to treat addiction. This article is in part a review on addiction models such as relapse prevention by Marlatt & Gordon, stages of change by Prochaska, DiClemente & Norcross, deriving from motivational interview, developed by Miller & Rollnick, as well as the cognitive models by Beck et al.
Method:
Based on literature evidence for the development of effective treatment programs, we report on a group treatment model used in a group of alcoholics referred by the Department of Worker's Health Surveillance at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro to the Alcoholism Rehabilitation and Research Center.
Results:
Results are presented indicating that this type of treatment could be one alternative to others treatments in use.
Conclusions:
New research is needed to better validate cognitive-behavioral approach to alcohol and drug problems.
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