effective treatment and ethical considerations Flashcards
what are the principles of effective treatment
- no single treatment is appropriate for all individuals
- treatment needs to be readily available
- effective treatment attends to multiple needs of the individual, not just his or her drug use
- an individual treatment plan must be assessed continually and modified as necessary to ensure the plan meets the persons changing needs
- remaining in treatment for an extended period of time
- counselling/therapies are critical for effective treatment for addiction
- medications are important, especially combined with counselling/therapy
- clients with coexisting mental health and substance use should both be treated together
- rehab is only the first step of treatment
- treatment doesn’t need to be voluntary to be effective
- possible drug use during treatment must be monitored continuously
- treatment programs need to provide assessments for blood borne viruses
- recovery can be a long term process and frequently requires multiple episodes of treatment
what percentage of type 1 diabetes relapse
30-50%
what percentage of hypertension relapses
50-70%
what percentage of asthma relapse
50-70%
what percentage of drug addicts relapse
40-60%
what model do we use
the biopsychosocial model
what are the overlapping variables in the biopsychosocial model of addiction
systems
social
psychological
biological
what are the system variables in the biopsychosocial model of addiction
national/regional public policies
drug laws
socioeconomic context
what are the social variables of biopsychosocial model of addiction
interpersonal relationships
treatment and drug use settings
social norms around use
what are the psychological variables in biopsychosocial model of addiction
identity as a user
ability to cope
counselling and support services
what are the biological variables of the biopsychosocial model of addiction
dopaminergic reward
hypothalamic, pituitary, adrenal axi (HPA) response
corticol response
what are the components to comprehensive drug abuse treatment
child care services vocational services mental health services medical services educational services AID/HIV services legal services financial services housing/transportation services family services
what is project match
a study in the US over an 8 year in 30 locations, 130 clinical professionals and compared CBT, MI, 12 step programs and found that theyd all show similar findings/effect
what are some criticisms for project match
eligibility criteria didn’t allow for polydrug use
too much focus put on assessment and follow up for research which interrupted usual therapy
all participants attended AA groups just the 12 step group went to more
abstinence was the only determinant of success
there was no control group
what were the major conclusions from project match
that no superior treatment model exists
no single treatment intervention is effective for all people
matching treatment to clients is a complex but important process