They are taught about the dangers of extended substance abuse and also directed to look at their own situation for a better understanding of how addiction dominates their lives. While therapy and treatment are being administered, patients begin the process of collecting the life skills and tools they will need to live a normal life. Living a normal life will include avoiding…
The outcomes of the treatment are evidence that the approach is results oriented (NIDA, 2012). Patients suffering from drug dependency are able to develop coping skills that help them to regain control of their lives. Furthermore, by assessing and identifying the root cause(s) of alcohol and cocaine dependency, the approach helps patients to develop best practices for turning their lives around. They are able to learn the positive outcomes of a drug-free life and pursue…
There are several treatment modalities available for individuals with substance abuse disorder. It’s wonderful that there are so many options to support people with substance abuse issues (SUD). The road to recovery is so long for most people and finding the most suitable treatment program can be greatly beneficial to the client. On the other hand, starting a treatment program that is not the best fit can be very detrimental to the person’s road to recovery. One of the roles of the clinician is to identify with the client which treatment option is best for them. I will highlight what this process looks like and discuss in detail one specific…
The 12 steps were written in the overall guiding book AA uses called “the Big Book”. The program and book were created in December of 1938 by a newly-sober alcoholic named William Griffith Wilson. The only requirement for participation is a desire to stop drinking. The 12-step program is completely confidential and has helped many people recover from alcoholism. However, research has suggested it is not a well-developed program due to several insufficiencies such as creating an environment that inflicts low self-esteem. Many researchers such as Senior Research Scientist and EBT Coordinating Center Director Susan Harrington Godley, Rh.D., advise against participating in the 12-step program due to its ineffectiveness and inability to motivate clients to commit to sobriety. Godley writes in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment that other alcoholism treatment approaches such as the Community-Reinforcement Approach (CRA) provides alternatives to the more traditional treatment and intervention approaches such as the 12-step program by positively reinforcing sobriety unlike the 12 steps fail to do. CRA produced an overall patient engagement of 67%, whereas the 12-step program produced a disappointing rate of only 18% (Godley 463). Reasons as to why the 12-step program is not effective for everyone is due to the fact that it makes abusers feel…
-Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction — Part III, The Harvard Mental Health Letter, Volume 12, Number 4, October 1995, page 3.…
In order for an individual to get help with alcohol or substance use or abuse and begin the process of rehabilitation, an accurate clinical assessment is needed. A proper diagnosis and treatment plan can only be formulated when all historical and current relevant information has been considered. Angela, a 32-year-old woman should be assessed by considering her past and current use and abuse of alcohol and other substances. Additionally, Angela should be assessed by looking into her attitudes and behaviors towards substance abuse, her social and occupational functioning, her finances and familial relationships, and her legal, health and spiritual histories. Finally, a diagnostic impression should be formulated and recommendations for treatment…
There are many drug treatment programs available today. In this paper, we will identify Employee Assistance Programs, and Inpatient and Outpatient treatment programs. We will also examine treatment offered by programs (e.g., individual therapy, group therapy, psychotherapy). We will attempt to explain characteristics of the most successful and beneficial for drug and alcohol treatment.…
The Higher Power gives us “faith,” “the will,” and “freedom to exist” without the consumption of alcohol and the negativity that comes with the behavior. At times, you may feel like giving up hope on yourself, believing that you are not worth receiving support or having feelings of despair, angst, and difficulty facing up to societal standards. However, in this program, it is not the case; we are “here” to guide you through your addiction, by encouraging you to believe in the Higher Power or GOD, through conscious awareness, and to make you a stronger and determined individual. In order for sobriety, it takes discipline, perseverance, and motivation to overcome these struggles with constant reminders of how addiction ruined your life. However, you have the right to live addiction free in the “here and now,” rather than living “miserably” and alone in this world. Throughout Alcoholics Anonymous, you will begin to see that there is “light” at the end of the addiction behavior there is hope, freedom, and that you have the “strength” and “courage” to live. During this process, we hope you will find true peace and happiness you so richly deserve, by ending your alcoholism or addiction behavior;…
1. Mental health and addictions are both rooted in a complex and variable combination of biology, genetics, and life experience — particularly exposure to stress and trauma. Effective clinical approaches used to treat mental health problems and addictions, need to have strong emphasis on the continuum of care — an integrated and unified method of treatment. This should include mental health and addiction services, personnel, and service levels that address and support the needs of individual clientele in treatment within this continuum. To be effective, treatment for concurrent disorders must address the client’s substance abuse, mental state as well as associated medical and negative lifestyle impacts as a result of their CD.…
The option of spirituality seeks to maintain a more holistic approach to dealing with alcohol addiction and recovery, but participants can opt out if they prefer a secular approach. Becoming an active participant of the self-help groups was highlighted as necessary to impart knowledge, and one’s decision to attend the sessions indicated their willingness to change. The support offered cannot be ignored since any change needs to be sustained and have a positive influence in the long term. The client goals should be congruent with the goals and philosophy of the self-help group to be more…
Lee Tergeson, actor from the television show OZ said, “I know what it is like to be ignored, and I think that is the big problem about the prison system: These people are being thrown away. There is no sense of rehabilitation. In some places, they are trying to do things. But, in most cases, it is a holding cell.” (Tergeson, 2002) He speaks the truth.…
Many people with addictions feel that the use of alcohol or other substances give them a sense of control when their lives feel most out of control.…
Controlled drinking, for America, is alcohol use reduction. It is believed that harm reduction naturally follows a reduction of use. It is to be used for clients who after evaluation are determined as having abstinence as an unrealistic goal.…
The primary treatment modality use here is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and counseling with an additional emphasis put on participation in some kind of a 12-step program. The facility is run by highly trained and qualified individuals who have vast amounts of experience in dealing with patients with serious addiction…
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