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Alcohol Treatment: Psychotherapy

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Psychotherapy

1 .- Behavioral treatments.
This type of alcohol therapy believe that alcohol consumption is based on learned behavior, with a number of causes which prompted its inception and a series of consequences that perpetuate consumption. This behavior must be changed by acting on the individual who is the main goal of therapy and should be supported at all times to avoid situations or places of consumption and with the complicity of relatives or friends who support you in your task.

Unfortunately though it is assumed that fast recovery is achieved, the danger of relapse is high, so that the patient is trained in various techniques such as relaxation, social situations and managing training programs assertive behavior, not to relapse again on ingestion.

2 .- Psychotherapy group
Many times the support of others motivates us and increases our power to ensure achieving specific objectives, this is based on this type of psychotherapy. So we are increasing our relationships, we motivate and note any defects that we have.

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