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CBT proposes four assumptions essential to the approach to treatment: addiction is a learned behavior, it emerges in an environmental context, it is developed and maintained by particular thought patterns and processes, and CBT can be integrated well with other treatment and management approaches as they all have similar goals. [3]
NIDA has supported many treatments for drug addiction. NIDA-supported studies led to the use of nicotine patches and gums for nicotine addiction treatment. [8] NIDA scientists also developed LAAM, which is used for heroin addiction treatment. [9] Other treatments that were the subject of NIDA research include naltrexone and buprenorphine. [10]
Male veterans with drug or alcohol addictions from the Philadelphia VA Medical Center have been recruited for the establishment of ASI. [1] [2]The Addiction Severity Index (ASI) is used to assess the severity of patient's addiction and analyse the need of treatment which has been in use for more than 2 decades since its publication in 1992.
The Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Taylor & Francis. The Co-Editors-in-Chief are Regina Baronia, MD and Zach Sneed, PhD (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center). The journal was first published in 1984 by Haworth Press. It covers all aspects of alcohol addiction and its treatment.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors is a peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Psychological Association that publishes original articles related to the psychological aspects of addictive behaviors 8 times a year. [1] The current editor-in-chief is Katie Witkiewitz (University of New Mexico).
The trait 'positive urgency' has been shown to have a predictive relationship with increases in drinking quantity and alcohol-related problems in college, as well as drug use in college. [ 18 ] [ 21 ] Furthermore, this trait provides important information on how positive affect can increase the likelihood of engaging in substance abuse.
There’s no single explanation for why addiction treatment is mired in a kind of scientific dark age, why addicts are denied the help that modern medicine can offer. Family doctors tend to see addicts as a nuisance or a liability and don’t want them crowding their waiting rooms. In American culture, self-help runs deep.
In 1998, he published his best-known book, Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America. He was a senior consultant at the Chestnut Health System engaged in research and writing on addiction treatment and recovery coaching up until his retirement in 2014.