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Presentation 1: Substance use disorders remain among the most difficult to treat psychological problems. Psychologists often avoid this area. They frequently have minimal training in the treatment of substance use disorders and relapse rates remain high even using our best-developed treatments. In this presentation, we will examine recovery from addiction and barriers to recovery through the lens of the psychological flexibility model. A broadly contextual model will be contrasted with narrow disease-oriented perspective. The application of behavioral principles to a verbally established sense of self and life-purpose will be examined.
Presentation 2: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has strong empirical support for the treatment of various substance use disorders, yet it has been difficult to successfully implement in community treatment centers despite considerable effort toward dissemination. Technology-based interventions offer the potential to close the gap between research and clinical practice by providing a broadly accessible, standardized, cost-effective, and engaging method of delivering evidence-based treatments directly to clients, while also freeing up clinician time to address clients’ various psychosocial and case management needs. Moreover, from a research standpoint, the standardized delivery of treatment ingredients offers the potential for more precise evaluation of the interventions’ mechanisms of behavior change, compared to prior investigations that have been hindered by therapist variability with respect to fidelity, dose and quality of delivery. This session will focus on the development, evaluation, and implementation of one such technology-based intervention for substance use disorders, “Computer Based Training for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” (CBT4CBT). Data will be presented from two completed randomized controlled trials supporting the efficacy of CBT4CBT as an adjunct to standard substance abuse treatment (Carroll et al., 2008; Carroll et al., 2014), as well as two recently completed trials supporting the safety and efficacy of CBT4CBT as a stand-alone treatment (Kiluk et al., 2016; Kiluk et al., under review). Factors considered during the design/development phase of the intervention, as well as the characteristics of ongoing trials that are intended to advance the understanding of mechanisms will be discussed. Finally, the session will conclude with a discussion of the future directions of CBT4CBT, which include attempts to improve treatment outcomes and dissemination strategies.
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