title: A bio-behavioral model of addiction treatment: applying dual representation theory to craving management and relapse prevention.
abstract: A bio-behavioral approach to drug addiction treatment is outlined. The presented treatment model uses dual representation theory as a guiding framework for understanding the bio-behavioral processes activated during the application of expressive therapeutic methods. Specifically, the treatment model explains how visual processing techniques can supplement traditional relapse prevention therapy protocols, to help clients better manage cravings and control triggers in hard-to-treat populations such as chronic substance-dependent persons.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA. hmatto@albany.edu
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matto
mesh_terms: D001155:Art Therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D014796:Visual Perception