Cue-Exposure Interventions for Alcohol Relapse Prevention: Need for a Memory Modification Component
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of the Addictions
- Vol. 25 (8) , 921-929
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826089009058864
Abstract
The ability of cue-conditioned responses (CCRs) to predict relapse in problem drinkers across a wide variety of situations is better appreciated when one considers that encoded alcohol-related stimuli can be retrieved from memory and, consequently, serve as symbolic cues. By decreasing retrieval strength to such cues one might: (1) decrease the possibility that such cues elicit alcohol-related CCRs (urges), which may lead to drinking, and (2) decrease the possibility of relapse resulting directly from thinking about drinking. A memory modification approach, as compared to cue exposure, may be relatively effective with old versus young alcoholics.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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