Elena has been addicted to heroin for five years and is determined to overcome her addiction in order to regain custody of her children. She is highly resistant to agonist substitution therapy (such as methadone or buprenorphine), because she does not want to replace her current drug with another chemical dependency.
Discuss alternative treatments (excluding agonist substitution therapies) that could be used to help Elena overcome her addiction. You must refer to Elena’s situation in your answer.
84 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Issues around drug taking, Biological explanations of drug addiction, Learning explanations of drug addiction, Treatments for drug addiction, Anti-drug campaign and strategies, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.