Critical Thinking Activities Substance-Related Disorders on the Internet In this

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Critical Thinking Activities Substance-Related Disorders on the Internet In this exercise, you will examine issues in substance-related disorders such as alcohol dependence, cannabis dependence, and hallucinogen dependence. These issues include the symptoms, treatment options, and latest research findings that are unlocking the mystery of these disorders. You will also be introduced to the Internet Mental Health Web site, one of the most authoritative sources of information on psychological disorders. The home page can be found at www.mentalhealth.com/p20-grp.html. Don’t limit your exploration to only this site, however; use it as a starting point in your investigation to find answers to the following questions.

Briefly summarize the online diagnosis criteria for one of the following substance-related disorders: alcohol dependence, amphetamine dependence, cannabis dependence, cocaine dependence, hallucinogen dependence, inhalant dependence, nicotine dependence, opioid dependence, phencyclidine dependence, sedative dependence.

Given the many developmental contexts of substance-related disorders treatment must focus on the biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial roots of these disorders.Briefly describe the treatment options available for the substance-related disorder you chose in 1. Which have proven to be most effective?

Using the research section of the website, find out how the recovery rates differ for various substance-related disorders, including the one you chose in 1.

Briefly summarize one article from the Research section of the website for the substance-related disorder you chose in 1.

Explanation / Answer

An individual diagnosed with Alcohol Use Disorder needs to meet all of the following criteria:

A problematic pattern of alcohol use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by at least two of the following, occurring within a 12-month period:

Treatment for alcoholism

Only three medications - disulfiram, naltrexone, and acamprosate - are approved for the treatment of alcoholism by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration:

Addiction counselling and regular attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous (self-help group) meetings significantly improves treatment outcome.

Research Article

Deficits in emotion-regulation skills predict alcohol use during and after cognitive–behavioral therapy for alcohol dependence.

Authors:- Berking, M., Margraf, M., Ebert, D., Wupperman, P., Hofmann, S. G., & Junghanns, K. (2011)

from Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(3), 307-318.

Objective: As emotion regulation is widely considered to be a primary motive in the misuse of alcohol, our aim in the study was to investigate whether deficits in adaptive emotion-regulation skills maintain alcohol dependence (AD). Method: A prospective study investigated whether emotion-regulation skills were associated with AD and whether these skills predicted alcohol use during and after treatment for AD. Participants were 116 individuals treated for AD with cognitive–behavioral therapy. Emotion regulation and severity of AD symptoms were assessed by self-report. Alcohol use during treatment was assessed by Breathalyzer and urine analysis for ethyl glucuronide; alcohol use during the 3-month follow-up interval was assessed by self-report. Results: Pretreatment emotion-regulation skills predicted alcohol use during treatment, and posttreatment emotion-regulation skills predicted alcohol use at follow-up, even when controlling for other predictors potentially related to emotion regulation. Among a broad range of specific emotion-regulation skills, the ability to tolerate negative emotions was the only skill that negatively predicted subsequent alcohol consumption when controlling for the other skills. Individuals in the AD sample reported significantly larger deficits in emotion-regulation skills than did those in a nonclinical control sample but significantly less than did those in a sample of individuals exclusively meeting criteria for major depressive disorder. Conclusions: Enhancement of general emotion-regulation skills, especially the ability to tolerate negative emotions, appears to be an important target in the treatment of AD.

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