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Cognitive therapy for addiction: motivation and change

By Frank Ryan

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2013
ISBN
0470669969, 9780470669969, 0470669950, 9780470669952, 9781118316559
LCC
RC533.R93 2013
Google Books ID
KV53yE_k-zEC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3177264 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
230\220
Scanned
no
Time added
2013-08-16 01:30:05

Description

An innovative new approach to addiction treatment that pairs cognitive behavioural therapy with cognitive neuroscience, to directly target the core mechanisms of addiction.• Offers a focus on addiction that is lacking in existing cognitive therapy accounts• Utilizes various approaches, including mindfulness, 12-step facilitation, cognitive bias modification, motivational enhancement and goal-setting and, to combat common road blocks on the road to addiction recovery• Uses neuroscientific findings to explain how willpower becomes compromised-and how it can be effectively utilized in the clinical arena

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