Joan Has Been Struggling with Her Efforts to Stop Taking

question 56

Multiple Choice

Joan has been struggling with her efforts to stop taking drugs. Last night she went to a party and a lot of people were using drugs, so she broke down and took drugs as well. Now she blames herself over her failure to stop and decides that she will give up because she doesn't have the ability to quit. Joan's behaviour is good example of

• A) a failure in multimodal treatment
• B) the problem with harm reduction
• C) the abstinence violation effect
• D) the yo-yo effect
• E) the lapse in consciousness problem

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