PSYCH-230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Contingency Management, Physical Dependence, Substance Dependence
Document Summary
Focus on modifying abusive and dependent behavior patterns. Key question is whether abusers can learn to change their behavior when they are faced with temptation. Self-control, aversion therapy, contingency management, relapse prevention. Self-control training helps abusers to develop skills they can use to change their abusive behavior. Behavior therapists focus on 3 components the abcs of substance abuse: 1) the antecedent cues or stimuli (as) that promote or trigger abuse. 3) the reinforcing or punishing consequences (cs) that maintain or discourage abuse. Painful or aversive stimuli are paired with substance abuse or abuse-related stimuli to condition negative emotional responses to drug-related stimuli. In the case of problem drinking, tasting alcoholic beverages is usually paired with drugs that cause nausea and vomiting, or with electric shock. Unfortunately, aversive conditioning effects are often temporary and fail. The word relapse derives from latin roots meaning to slide back.
