EFFICACY OF RELAPSE PREVENTION

Efficacy of Relapse Prevention: A Meta-Analytic Review

Efficacy of Relapse Prevention: A Meta-Analytic Review

Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT) was originally designed as a maintenance program for use after treatment of addictive behaviors despite also being used as a stand-alone treatment program (Marlatt and Gordon, 2000, Parks & Marlatt, 2009). In the most general sense, the RPT is a program of self-control behavior designed to teach people who are trying to keep the changes in his behavior as to anticipate and address the problem of relapse.

Relapse refers to the breakdown or failure of a person trying to keep the change ...