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Learning the language of abstinence in addiction treatment: some similarities between relapse-prevention with disulfiram, naltrexone, and other pharmacological antagonists and intensive "immersion" methods of foreign language teaching
(Apprendre le langage de l'abstinence dans le traitement de l'addiction : quelques similarités entre la prévention de la rechute avec le Disulfirame, le Naltrexone et autres antagonistes et les méthodes d'"immersion" intensive dans une langue étrangère)
Auteur(s) :
BREWER, C. ;
STREEL, E.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
157-173
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
83
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
ABSTINENCE
;
TRAITEMENT
;
RECHUTE
;
ANTAGONISTE
;
NALTREXONE
;
ANTABUSE
;
PREVENTION
Note générale :
Substance Abuse, 2003, 24, (3), 157-173
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Relapse-prevention (RP) is an educational process. Learning to abstain from alcohol or opiates after years of dependence involves selectively suppressing old, maladaptive habits of thought and behavior and establishing new, adaptive ones. This process resembles foreign language (FL) learning. Effective FL teaching techniques are relevant to RP "Immersion," the most effective FL teaching method, discourages students from using their first language ab initio, requiring them to use the FL instead, however inexpertly. It resembles exposure and response-prevention for phobic or compulsive disorders. Supervised disulfiram aids RP by discouraging alcoholics from responding to real-life drinking cues in the "language" of excessive drinking, requiring them, ab initio, to practice new, alcohol-free responses. Supervised or depot naltrexone acts similarly in opiate dependence. We discuss the concept of antagonist-assisted abstinence. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
The Stapleford Centre, 25a Eccleston Street, London SW1W 9NP. E-mail: cbrewerdoctors.net.uk
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.