La necesidad del tratamiento psicológico para los fumadores de cigarrillos

  1. Elisardo Begoña Iglesias 1
  2. Fernando L. Vázquez 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

Zeitschrift:
Clínica y salud: Investigación Empírica en Psicología

ISSN: 1130-5274

Datum der Publikation: 2001

Ausgabe: 12

Nummer: 1

Seiten: 91-112

Art: Artikel

Andere Publikationen in: Clínica y salud: Investigación Empírica en Psicología

Zusammenfassung

Smoking cigarettes constitutes the first avoidable cause of death in the developed countries. The psychological treatment for smoking has always occupied an outstanding position. In the last years, the emergence of effective pharmacotherapies for its treatment, has had to a wide range of treatments for smokers. The appearance of clinical guidelines for smoking cessation has also helped to clarify effective treatments for patients with nicotine dependence. In turn, has increase the psychopathology associated to the smokers that 90 to the treatment. For it, psychologists continue to play a relevant role in the treatment of smokers and this relevance will increase in the future. Finally, it is necessary to assume the challenge of applying a systematic psychological advice for all our smoking patients, even if they do not demand an specific to treatment to stop smoking.