Intervention bio Flashcards
How is methadone used to treat addiction
It’s a treat heroin addict’s it’s a synthetic drug which mimics the effect of heroin. It’s less addictive and it’s easier to ease someone off methadone due to it being less addictive
How is methadone used
You slowly increase the amount to methadone to increased tolerance and D crease heroin use when it eventually the addict no longer needs either after you’ve withdrawn both slowly
What’s a limitation of using methadone to treat heroin addict
It’s as addictive for some people and therefore your substituting one addiction for another. It’s also still a damaging drug and you can become addicted
How come methadone be used as part of the multicomponent treatment to stabilise behaviour
Is most effective when combined with other treatments such as CBT. However someone on heroin may not be motivated enough for CBT. Methadone helps this is it stabilises the mood
What do you SRRIs do?
They increase the availability of serotonin therefore the addict doesn’t need that addiction to feel happy
Who conducted research into SRRIs
Hollander et al
What’s a methodological issue with Hollanders research?
Small sample size
