Treatment Programs

Question 1

Detoxification and Medically Managed Withdrawal

Answer 1

Detox is when the body clears itself of drugs and is often accompanied by unpleasant and sometimes fatal side effects.

Question 2

Outpatient Treatment Programs

Answer 2

Costs less that residential treatment and is often more suitable for people with jobs or extensive social supports.

Question 3

Short-term Residential Treatment

Answer 3

Provide intensive but relatively brief treatment based on a modified 12-step approach.

Question 4

Long-term Residential Treatment

Answer 4

Therapeutic community, provides 24-hour a day care with planned lengths of stay between 6 and 12 months.
Focuses on resocialization.

Question 5

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Answer 5

Central element of this is anticipating likely problems and helping patients develop effective coping strategies.

Question 6

Contingency Management Interventions/Motivational Incentives

Answer 6

Based on operant conditioning principles of reinforcing drug-free urine samples with low-cost incentives.

Question 7

Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)

Answer 7

Seems to be more effective for engaging drug abusers in treatment than for producing changes in drug use.

Question 8

12-Step Facilitation Therapy

Answer 8

One of the goals is to increase the likelihood of drug-abstinence through affiliation and active engagement in a social community.

Question 9

Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT)

Answer 9

Uses a sobriety contract and behavioural principles to reinforce abstinence from drugs.

Question 10

Behavioural Treatments for Adolescents

Answer 10

MDFT- Multidimensional Family Therapy
BSFT- Brief Strategic Family Therapy
MST- Multisystemic Therapy

Question 11

Reducing Withdrawal

Answer 11

Pharmacotherapies that help alleviate the discomfort of withdrawal are a good first step, but they aren’t sufficient.

Question 12

Reducing Drug Reward, Craving, and Relapse

Answer 12

May be administered long-term to reduce the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse and prevent relapse.

Question 13

The Future of Pharmacotherapy

Answer 13

Currently, vaccines are being developed and tested for the treatment of cocaine, nicotine, PCP, methamphetamine, heroine, and morphine addiction.

Question 14

Alcoholics Anonymous

Answer 14

• founded by Dr. Bob Smith and Bill Wilson in 1935.
• 64% of participants drop out of the program within the first year.
• rely on a greater power.