PSYC 3403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: State Variable, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Substance Abuse
8 Mar 2016
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The final exam will have the look and feel of the midterm exam. Conceptualizing problematic use as a binary phenomenon (problem vs. no. Subjective impressions and non-theoretical and non-empirical assumptions your subjective impressions even with a trained professional aren"t necessarily accurate and you need to be grounded with what the empirical evidence suggests. Substance abuse is a chronic, progressive disease. Can"t trust self-report due to denial more often than not, john found that clients were pretty up-front (i. e. : showing track marks) Often focus on lifetime use patterns as opposed to here and now . Lack of objective assessment techniques, technologies and approaches that have a solid theoretical and empirical foundation. Poor interviewing skills (use of presumption and close-ended questions ) Rudimentary and simplistic understanding of client motivation . Conceptualizing use patterns as falling on a continuum from non-use to very problematic use. Use patterns that we have seen with offenders. Much can be determined from clients, simply by asking.
