PSYC 238 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Motivational Interviewing, Classical Conditioning, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 238
• Professor: Lyubansky Mikhail

Document Summary

Psychoactive substance a substance that alters mental ability, mood, or behavior; drugs. Tolerance and withdrawal are indicators of a physiological dependence on a drug. Increased risk for alcoholism regardless of adoptive parent"s drinking habits. Etiology social factors: culture or religion could influence early exposure/attitudes, initial experimentation more likely among, rebellious and extraverted. If parents or peers model/encourage use: increased risk of affiliation with peers who use drugs if, unpleasant emotional environment, low parental monitoring, gateway hypothesis. Etiology psychological factors: alcohol expectancies, enhances social and physical pleasure, enhance sexual performance. Common liabilities model (problem behavior therapy) pairings with drug use: problem behaviors are thought to stem from the same underlying factors. Modern day prevention: dare common prevention program, not effective in reducing substance use. Treatment considerations: when treatment is initiated, compliance is low and dropout rates are high, high comorbidity rate of alcoholism with other mental disorders makes treatment more challenging.