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A 4 page research paper that discusses a specific case scenario, which is briefly outlined. The case scenario for this discussion of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) presents Stephen, a 35-year-old successful surgeon who turns to drugs due to peer pressure "to fit in" and to alleviate stress from being over-extended financially. The writer outlines possible treatment methods, goals, and identifies treatment outcomes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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in" and to alleviate stress from being over-extended financially. The student researching this topic should be aware that the case scenario faxed to this writer/tutor stops with Stephens acknowledgement of
drug use, not saying whether this use pertained to cocaine, heroin, or prescribed medications. The assignment sounds as if there is much more to the case study description. However, for
the purposes of this examination, it will be assumed that Stephen became addicted to cocaine (as this is a drug associated with an affluent lifestyle) and that the course of
therapy followed standard CBT practice. Recovery from drug addiction requires "motivation to change, understanding of the process of addiction, and the ability to form new, stable patterns of behavior
(Gottschalk, et al, 2001). CBT is predicated on social learning theory, in that one of its basic assumptions is that individuals start substance abuse because they learn to do so
(NIDA, 2005). This can occur through modeling, operant conditioning and/or classical conditioning (NIDA, 2005). The defining features of CBT approaches to therapy are: 1) an emphasis on functional analysis
of drug use, i.e., understanding drug use within the context of its antecedents and consequences, and 2) skills training, through which the individual learns to recognize the situations or states
in which he or she is most vulnerable to drug use, avoid those high-risk situations whenever possible, and use a range of behavioral and cognitive strategies to cope effectively with
those situations if they cannot be avoided (Carroll and Onken, 2005, p. 1453). As this indicates, the first step in CBT is to aid clients in recognizing why
they use cocaine and to determine what strategies they need to develop to either avoid or cope with whatever triggers their drug behavior. This necessitates a thorough examination of the
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