title: Microcomputers and prevention of drug abuse.
abstract: In recent years, the psychological treatment of drug addiction has been dominated by an emphasis on learning theory and an interest in minimal and self-administered treatment. The computer provides the consummate medium for bringing these components together. This paper reports on two computer-assisted learning programs, one for the prevention of relapse in former heroin users and the other for the promotion of controlled drinking in early-stage problem drinkers. The need for this type of technology is supported by mounting evidence that drug and alcohol misusers prefer self-help to psychotherapy and that most addicts who manage to overcome their addiction do so on their own.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Tasmania, Australia.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Barber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D003932:Heroin; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012985:Software Design; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted
chemical_list: D003932:Heroin