Session 5 Lecture 2 - Substance misuse treatment Flashcards
State 3 different type of treatment models
- Medical model
- Disease model
- Behavioural model
What does the medical model entail?
- focuses on the physical condition
- pharmaceutical treatment preferred
not effective on its own as only deals with the what and not the why
What does the disease model entail?
- combines in patients with therapy and groups
- addiction is genetic and therefore predetermined
- abstinence/avoidance is the only viable treatment
What does the behavioural model entail?
- addiction does not exist
- excessive use/misuse is a result of social, economic and familial learned experiences
- alternative coping mechanisms can be taught and past experiences addressed
Give 4 substance misuse treatment
- Harm reduction
- Pyschosocial
- Pharmacological
- Relapse prevention
what does harm reduction entail?
- prevention
- raising awareness
- screenings
- giving drugs that can reverse the effects
most important
what does psychosocial entail?
- dealing with the why
- CBT
- motivational interviewing
- relapse prevention
- mindfulness
what does pharmacological entail?
-prescribed drugs to help deal with the physical manifestations such as symptoms
what are the pros of using the community as a setting for substance misuse treatments?
- access time
- least disruptive
- pace
- maintains social support
what are the cons of using the community as a setting for substance misuse treatments?
- not suitable for everyone
- lower supervision
- higher risk
what are the pros of using in-patient as a setting for substance misuse treatments?
- higher supervision
- Safer
- can handle complexity
what are the cons of using in-patient as a setting for substance misuse treatments?
- access time
- removes social support
- cost
- divorced from community treatment
