aversion therapy addiction evaluation

Question 1

Who did research into Antabuse

Answer 1

staffen

Question 2

What did Staffen find

Answer 2

Antabuse had greater Abstinence from alcohol than placebo

Question 3

Issues with Staffen research

Answer 3

• used self report methods

- Social desirability bias

Question 4

Issues with research into Antabuse

Answer 4

• Not long term
• Placebo hard as people will know
• Samples tend to be small (not generalizable)
• Not enough comparison studies

Question 5

Strengths of rapid smoking

Answer 5

• Doesn’t require medical professionals to do it

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Question 6

Weaknesses of rapid smoking

Answer 6

• No longer as popular

Question 7

Who did research into rapid smoking

Answer 7

Mcrobbie

Question 8

What did Mcrobbie find

Answer 8

• Significant decrease in urge to smoke in the short term (24 hours/week)
• At 4 weeks it was no longer significant
• Pavlov - wears off

Question 9

Issues with aversion therapy

Answer 9

• Doesn’t treat underlying cause
• Symptom substitution
• research doesn’t look at long term effectiveness
• CBT should be used to address deeper issues
• Physical harm
• Drop out rate
• Right to withdraw if they have implant
• expensive/good value