Origen del trastorno por consumo de alcohol desde el enfoque cognitivo conductual

Abstract

Addiction is a disease characterized by compulsive and persistent dependence, however, the severity can increase when there is no treatment or when you do not participate in activities focused on rehabilitation. This pathology puts the life of the individual at risk due to the adoption of maladaptive consumption habits. On the other hand, alcohol use disorder consists of a condition consisting of physical and behavioral symptoms in which the individual is not able to control the amount of alcohol they ingest, causing clinically significant discomfort or distress. The cognitive behavioral approach establishes that certain beliefs generate vulnerability to alcohol consumption, since when they are activated in the presence of stimuli, they stimulate craving, increasing the possibility of use. In the development of the pathology, nuclear beliefs intervene that, together with the stimulus situation, activate the addictive beliefs, the latter are constituted by a set of ideas aimed at obtaining pleasure, relief and escape in such a way that they stimulate the craving, that is, they increase the desire to consume. In addition to the addictive beliefs, the subjects generate contradictory and permissive beliefs, the latter allow the individual to legitimize the action of consumption despite the risk, On the other hand, conflicting beliefs are ideas that motivate and in turn oppose consumption, generating tension and driving the subject to an action plan aimed at obtaining alcohol to subsequently use the substance.