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A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction



Exhibit 13: CBT Therapist Checklist

Study Subject Date
     

Site Therapist Week Session
       

Please complete the following based on this session:

  1. What session topic(s) was covered this week?

    Introduction to treatment and CBT
    Coping with craving
    Shoring up motivation and commitment to stop
    Refusal skills/assertiveness
    Seemingly irrelevant decisions
    All-purpose coping skills
    Problemsolving skills
    Case management
    HIV risk reduction
    Spouse/significant other session
    Termination
  2. Did a significant other attend the session?

    Yes [Circle: spouse/partner, parent, sibling, friend, other]
    No

    Key Items: Circle number that applies

  3. To what extent did you discuss any high-risk situations the patient encountered since the last session and explore and coping skills used?

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  4. To what extent did you attempt to teach, model, rehearse, review, or discuss specific skills (e.g. drug refusal, coping with craving, problemsolving skills)?

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    4A. Approximately how many minutes of this session were devoted to discussion of the scheduled manual topic? _____ minutes

  5. To what extent did you encourage the patient to anticipate any high-risk situations that might be encountered before the next session and formulate appropriate coping strategies for such situations?

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  6. To what extent did you assess the patient's use of cocaine or other substances since the last session?

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  7. Asessment of general functioning: To what extent did you assess the patient's general level of functioning in major life spheres (e.g. work, intimate relationships, family life, social life)?

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  8. Task assignment: Did you develop one or more specific assignments for the patient to engage in between sessions?

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  9. To what extent did you review the patient's reactions to the last session's assignment, explore or address any difficulties encountered in carrying out the assignment, or provide a rationale for homework, or reinforce the importance of extra-session practice of skills?

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  10. Did the patient do the last session's homework?

    No, no attempt made
    Some attempt made
    Practice exercise completed adequately
    N/A, not assigned
  11. Structure of session: To what extent did you follow the 20/20/20 rule?

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  12. To what extent did you discuss or address the patient's current commitment to abstinence?

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  13. To what extent did you discuss, review, or reformulate the patient's goals for treatment?

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  14. To what extent did you encourage the patient to make a commitment to change cocaine use?

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  15. Eliciting patient concerns about cocaine use: To what extent did you encourage the patient to explore the positive and negative consequences of cocaine use?

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  16. Ambivalence: To what extent did you attempt to focus on the patient's ambivalence about changing the level of cocaine use?

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  17. To what extent did you ask the patient to monitor, report, or evaluate specific cognitions associated with cocaine use or related problems?

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  18. To what extent did you apply problemsolving strategy to a problem/issue raised during the session (this can include psychosocial problems other than cocaine use, as in the case management module)?

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  19. Did you role-play during this session?

    No
    Yes
  20. To what extent did you attempt to identify, assess, or prioritize psychosocial problems other than cocaine and other substance abuse?

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  21. To what extent did you attempt to develop a support plan with the patient?

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  22. Consistency of problem focus: To what extent did you attempt to keep the session focused on prescribed activities (e.g., by redirecting dialog when it strayed off tasks, by organizing the session so defined tasks were covered)?

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  23. Agenda setting: To what extent did you articulate and maintain an explicit agenda for the session?

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  24. Continuity/reference to past sessions: To what extent did you refer to material discussed or experiences of past sessions as a means of building continuity across sessions (e.g., by stressing rehearsal and repetition as a means of mastering problems, buiding on past lessons)?

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  25. Reflective listening: To what extent did you communicate understanding of the patient's comments and concerns?

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  26. Empathy: To what degree did you respond empathically to the patient (e.g., through a non-judgmental stance, showing genuine warmth and concern, helping the patient feel accepted in the relationship)?

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  27. Family support: To what extent did you inquire about or discuss the availability and nature of family or social support for the patient's involvement in treatment or efforts to become abstinent?

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  28. Termination: To what extent did you discuss the termination of the therapy (e.g., encourage the patient to discuss feelings or thoughts about termination, discuss plans for further treatment?

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Copyright Carroll 1997.

 

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