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  1. What are 'apparently irrelevant decisions' (AIDs) in Marlatt's relapse prevention framework?

    Answer: Small, seemingly unrelated choices that gradually move a person toward a high-risk situation

    AIDs are a series of small, rationalized choices that cumulatively lead a person closer to a relapse situation, often without conscious awareness.

  2. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) stages of change most frequently integrated into relapse prevention programs identifies relapse as occurring at which stage?

    Answer: Maintenance

    Relapse is understood in TTM as a return to a previous stage from the Maintenance stage, where the person was sustaining behavior change.

  3. In relapse prevention, self-efficacy refers to:

    Answer: A client's confidence in their ability to cope with high-risk situations without using substances

    Self-efficacy in RP is the individual's confidence in their own ability to resist substance use in the face of high-risk situations.

  4. What is Terence Gorski's CENAPS model of relapse prevention primarily designed to address?

    Answer: The warning signs and progressive symptoms that precede a return to use

    Gorski's CENAPS model emphasizes identifying the warning signs and bio-psycho-social symptoms that occur before an actual relapse, enabling early intervention.

  5. Urge surfing, as used in relapse prevention, involves:

    Answer: Riding out cravings by observing them as temporary waves without acting on them

    Urge surfing is a mindfulness-based technique where clients observe cravings with detachment, recognizing them as temporary sensations that will pass without acting on them.

  6. Which cognitive intervention is central to helping clients challenge thoughts that increase relapse risk?

    Answer: Cognitive restructuring

    Cognitive restructuring helps clients identify and challenge distorted thoughts (e.g., 'one drink won't hurt') that increase vulnerability to relapse.

  7. In relapse prevention planning, what does a 'warning sign' (or relapse warning sign) refer to?

    Answer: A behavioral, emotional, or cognitive change that indicates increasing risk of relapse

    Relapse warning signs are identifiable internal or behavioral changes—such as isolation or romanticizing past use—that signal a person is moving toward relapse.