During the past half-century, behavior theory has been expanded beyond its behaviorist
beginnings into the cognitive-behavioral realm and has been adapted to treating a wide …

Cognitive-behavioral theories explain alcoholism as a learned behavior that can be
changed using the same behavior modification interventions employed to alter other learned …

What follows is the first of two chapters devoted to a cognitive-behavioral approach to the
treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence. The goal of this chapter is to provide a state …

This status report on behavioral and cognitive–behavioral treatments (CBT) for alcoholism is
based on an article commissioned by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and …

According to recent surveys, approximately two-thirds (68%) of the adult American
population consumes alcohol on at least some occasions. Survey statistics reveal that, of all …

Forms of behavior therapy in the treatment of alcoholism were reported as early as 1928.
Only recently, however, have behavior therapists become fully involved in the complexities …

From the perspective of cognitive-behavioral theory, alcohol dependence is viewed as a set
of learned behaviors that are acquired through experience. If alcohol provides certain …

Research on the treatment of alcoholism has gained significant ground over the past 40
years. Studies such as the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Project …

There is no shortage of books on behavioral research, on behavioral research on
alcoholism, or on behavioral research on alcoholism treatment. Most of the authors of …

This comprehensive review of behavioral efforts to assess and treat alcoholism begins by
considering very briefly the present status of behavioral theories of the etiology of …