Control Your Cravings: A Web-Based Transdiagnostic Self-Management Program

描述(由申请人提供)：渴望，当被视为消费潜在有害物质或从事潜在有害行为的强烈愿望时，已越来越多地成为基础研究、临床评估和治疗的目标。对欲望的管理是治疗自我调节问题的关键组成部分，如滥用药物和酒精、暴饮暴食、赌博、吸烟或冲动的性行为。使用技术作为传统治疗的辅助手段，是以相对较低的成本向大量个人提供科学合理的心理教育的一种有前途的工具。第一阶段和第二阶段的长期目标是开发控制你的渴望计划(CyCP)，这是一个基于网络的心理教育自助系统，用于补充自我调节障碍的治疗。该计划还可以作为“分步护理”计划的一个组成部分，首先提供费用较低的护理，作为传统干预措施的补充，也可以作为复发的补充。 预防工具。当该计划与面对面认知行为疗法和/或抗渴求药物一起使用时，可能会达到最大的效果。基于网络的计划将通过我们的Goalistic自我管理软件(GSMS)进行部署，这是一种灵活且可定制的基于网络的框架，用于交付自我管理计划。 与公共健康相关：拟议项目的长期目标是开发和测试控制你的渴望计划(CyCP)的有效性，这是一个基于网络的心理教育自助系统，适用于有自我调节问题的成年人，如吸烟、暴饮暴食、酗酒和滥用药物或赌博。该计划可以作为传统干预措施的补充，也可以作为一个独立的产品。CyCP基于基本的认知-行为方法来管理渴望，这些方法已经有效地应用于临床实践、团体干预和自我帮助书籍中。该中心有可能以较低的成本向大量个人提供科学可靠的信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Craving, when viewed as a compelling desire to consume a potentially harmful substance or to engage in a potentially harmful act, has been increasingly targeted for basic research, clinical assessment, and treatment. The management of cravings is a critical component of treatment for self- regulatory problems such as substance and alcohol abuse, overeating, gambling, smoking, or impulsive sexual behavior. The use of technology as an adjunct to traditional treatment is a promising vehicle for the delivery of scientifically sound psychoeducation to large numbers of individuals at relatively low cost. The long-term goal of Phases I and II is the development of the Control Your Cravings Program (CYCP), a web-based, psycho-educational self-help system to supplement treatment for self-regulatory disorders. The CYCP could also serve as a component of a "stepped care" program providing less expensive care first, as a supplement to traditional interventions, and as a relapse prevention tool. The program is likely to be maximally effective when employed in conjunction with face-to-face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and/or anti-craving medication. The web- based program will be deployed via our Goalistics Self-Management Software (GSMS), a flexible and customizable web-based framework for the delivery of self-management programs. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The long-term goal of the proposed project is the development and testing of the effectiveness of the Control Your Cravings Program (CYCP), a web-based psychoeducational self-help system for adults with self- regulatory problems that involve cravings, such as smoking, overeating, alcohol and substance abuse, or gambling. The program could serve to supplement traditional interventions or as a standalone product. The CYCP is based on fundamental cognitive-behavioral approaches to the management of cravings that have been effectively applied in clinical practice, group interventions, and self-hel books. The CYCP has the potential to provide scientifically sound information to large numbers of individuals at low cost.