Reducing addiction

Briefly evaluate the use of aversion therapy as an intervention for addiction.

Read the following conversation.

The following behaviours are all referred to in the conversation.

Which one is not a symptom of addiction (dependence syndrome) according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)?

Shade one box.

Significant mental health problems, such as addiction, have an effect on both individuals and society.

Identify one individual effect that Corrine is experiencing.

Self-management programmes are a type of intervention used for addiction.

Using your knowledge of the strengths and/or weaknesses of self-management programmes, briefly discuss why this would be an appropriate intervention for Corrine.

Refer to the conversation to support your answer.

Aversion therapy and self-management programmes are both used as interventions for addiction.

Explain how aversion therapy is used as an intervention for addiction.

Use your knowledge of both the reductionist and the holistic perspectives to compare aversion therapy with self-management programmes.

Evaluate self-management programmes as an intervention for addiction.

Identify one intervention or therapy for addiction that could be viewed as holistic.

Explain your answer.