Cognitive Approach Flashcards
SMM
initiation
Use drugs to treat psychological symptoms/ solve problems
SMM
Initiation research support
Gottdiener et al found addicted people had a distortion in their ego control
SMM
Maintenance and relapse
Maintain it as they believe it relieves stress
Relapse because they’re stressed
Paradox - cigarettes is the stress a cause or an effect?
SMM
Maintenance and relapse
Problems of cause and effect
Some people don’t have a reason to self medicate so they don’t have a reason to get addicted
ET
Initiation
If you expect the positive to outweigh the negative, you’ll take it
ET
Maintenance
Becomes part of your unconscious so you maintain it
ET
Relapse
You take it to make you feel better and get rid of withdrawal symptoms