Countering The Abstinence Violation Effect: Supporting Recovery Through Relapse
The cognitive-behavioral model of the relapse process posits a central role for high-risk situations and for the SUD patient’s coping response to those situations. People with effective coping responses to high-risk situations (i.e., increased self-efficacy), are at decreased probability of a relapse. Conversely, people with ineffective coping responses (decreased self-efficacy) which, together with the expectation […]
