Coping skills therapy

O Malley SS, Jaffe AJ, Chang G, et al Naltrexone and coping skills therapy for alcohol dependence a controlled study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 49 881—887, 1992... 

Kadden, R., Carroll, K., Donovan, D., Cooney, N., Monti, P., Abrams, D., Litt, M., Hester, R. (1999). Cognitive-behavioral coping skills therapy manual A clinical research guide for therapists treating individuals with alcohol abuse and dependence. In M. E. Mattson (Ed.), Project MATCH Monograph Series, 4. Bethesda, MD National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 

O Malley et al. (1992) conducted a double-blind study combining naltrexone and CBT for alcohohsm. Patients were randomly assigned to participate in cognitive-behavioral coping skills treatment or supportive therapy and to receive 50 mg/day of naltrexone or placebo. Naltrexone-treated patients who received supportive therapy had more continuous abstinence than the other treatment groups. However, naltrexone-treated patients who received CBT had a lower level of craving and lower risk of relapse than the other three groups. This interaction would not have been observed in a study that manipulated only psychosocial treatment or only medication. 

Kaminer Y, Burleson JA Goldberger R (2002). Cognitive-behavioral coping skills and psychoeducation therapies for adolescent substance abuse. Journal of Nervous Mental Disease, 190, 737-45... 

How did the therapist utilize the patient s natural coping skills and the supportive resources he already had in place when he came to therapy Dr. P noted how helpful the social support that the A s had received from their church had been to them. She wanted to reinforce the coping strategies and resources that the A s already had. She tried to demonstrate respect for all that the A s had already addressed and tried to keep the therapy in synchrony with the work the A s were doing through their church. 

For most children and adolescents, multimodal therapies are recommended. However, if antidepressant medications are used alone, psychosocial maintenance strategies should be implemented to help the patient manage inner and interpersonal conflicts, improve coping and social skills, deal with the psychosocial and personal scars left by the depression, and improve academic and social functioning. The reduction of family stress, promotion of a supportive environment, and the effective treatment of parents and siblings with psychiatric disorders may also help diminish the risk for... 

Her loss of confidence, due to an unforeseen consequence of some homework, was alarming, given that it occurred only a few days before she was due to present to her fellow medical students. Fortunately, her confidence was restored by a productive session in which she was able to draw on skills gained earlier in therapy in completing thought records, which were then consolidated by a written plan to help boost further her confidence and belief that she could cope. The problem with the homework may have been avoided if she had been given specific instructions to view the video as if she were watching someone towards whom she felt well disposed (Butler and Hackmann 2004). 

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