Cognitive therapy for addiction [[electronic resource] ] : motivation and change / / Frank Ryan

• Autore: Ryan Frank <1944->
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/227; 616.85227; 616.860651
• Soggetto topico: Compulsive behavior - Treatment; Substance abuse - Treatment; Cognitive therapy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The tenacity of addiction -- Existing cognitive behavioural accounts of addiction and substance misuse -- Core processes in addiction -- A cognitive approach to understanding the compulsive nature of addiction -- Vulnerability factors in addiction -- Motivation and engagement -- Managing impulses and craving -- Managing mood -- Maintaining change -- Future directions & concluding comments.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 accountsUtilizes 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 recoveryUses neuroscientific findings to explain how willpower becomes compromised-and how it can
• Titolo autorizzato: Cognitive therapy for addiction
• ISBN: 1-118-31647-9; 1-299-15903-6; 1-118-31652-5; 1-118-31655-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830499903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II