Interventions » Addiction

What is drug addiction treatment?

Suki — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:14:10 +0000

What is drug addiction treatment? There are many addictive drugs, and treatments for specific drugs can differ. Treatment also varies depending on the characteristics of the patient.

Problems associated with an individual’s drug addiction can vary significantly. People who are addicted to drugs come from all walks of life. Many suffer from mental health, occupational, health, or social problems that make their addictive disorders much more difficult to treat. Even if there are few associated problems, the severity of addiction itself ranges widely among people.

A variety of scientifically based approaches to drug addiction treatment exists. Drug addiction treatment can include behavioral therapy (such as counseling, cognitive therapy, or psychotherapy), medications, or their combination. Behavioral therapies offer people strategies for coping with their drug cravings, teach them ways to avoid drugs and prevent relapse, and help them deal with relapse if it occurs. When a person’s drug-related behavior places him or her at higher risk for AIDS or other infectious diseases, behavioral therapies can help to reduce the risk of disease transmission. Case management and referral to other medical, psychological, and social services are crucial components of treatment for many patients. The best programs provide a combination of therapies and other services to meet the needs of the individual patient, which are shaped by such issues as age, race, culture, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, parenting, housing, and employment, as well as physical and sexual abuse.

In the field of drug addiction, interventions are essential

Suki — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:25:31 +0000

In the field of drug addiction, the entire concept of addiction has suffered greatly from imprecision and misconception. In fact, if it were possible, it would be best to start all over with some new, more neutral term.

Although the treatment for addiction, especially at luxury residential addiction treatment centers in Malibu, CA has proven to be extremely effective, the confusion comes about in part because of a now archaic distinction between whether specific drugs are â€œphysicallyâ€ or â€œpsychologicallyâ€ addicting.

The distinction historically revolved around whether or not dramatic physical withdrawal symptoms occur after an intervention, when an individual stops taking a drug; what we in the field now call â€œphysical dependence.â€

However, 20 years of scientific research has taught that focusing on this physical versus psychological distinction is off the mark and a distraction from the real issues.

From both clinical and policy perspectives, it actually does not matter very much what physical withdrawal symptoms occur.

Physical dependence is not that important, because even the dramatic withdrawal symptoms of heroin and alcohol addiction can now be easily managed with appropriate medications.

Even more important, many of the most dangerous and addicting drugs, including methamphetamine and crack cocaine, do not produce very severe physical dependence symptoms upon withdrawal.

Make the right choice and get the treatment you deserve

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:18:13 +0000

So youâ€™ve decided that you need to conduct an addiction intervention. And youâ€™re utterly overwhelmed by the task ahead of you. Thatâ€™s okay. Youâ€™re not alone. Thereâ€™s nothing easy about the intervention process. In fact, conducting an addiction intervention may well be the most thing you ever do. But it will also be the most important. The good news is that the intervention services offered by private rehab facilities can make a world of difference, especially insofar as they help you deliver your message exactly as the addict you care about needs to hear it. In the end, nothing could ever be more important than that.

The fact that youâ€™ve made it this far says you donâ€™t need to be told whatâ€™s at stake in the drug and alcohol intervention process. You know that addiction is a devastating disease. Now you know what you can do to fix the problem. All that remains is for you to make the right choice, by seeking the intervention services of a rehab facility you can trust. Remember, intervention services donâ€™t work by magic. Rehab centers canâ€™t help individuals who refuse to be helped. For your own sake, for the sake of the addict you care about, donâ€™t wait another day to finally make the right choice.

Making for a peaceful family intervention

Suki — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:36:36 +0000

As should perhaps go without saying, a family intervention is an inherently traumatic event. There is nothing easy or simple about the intervention process, and the emotions involved on all sides in family interventions lend themselves particularly well to drama and discord. Remember, though, that the most successful crisis intervention is the one that convinces an addict to seek the help he needs. And to do that, as difficult as it might be…you

The nature of Addiction

Suki — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:15:37 +0000

More often than not, successful drug treatment begins with an effective drug addiction intervention. Drug rehab is a profoundly personal process, after all, one that demands a profoundly personal effort on the part of recovering addicts. That effort, in turn, can only be put forth if an addict understands the full extent of his drug problem, which is why interventions are so important. The nature of addiction is such that drug abusers are rarely able to recognize their disease until it

Substance abuse is in large part a psychological disease

Suki — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:38:59 +0000

Anxiety disorder is not the sort of disease that can simply be

Addiction is not a product of personal failure, or a sign of moral weakness

Suki — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:27:32 +0000

Drug abuse is not your fault. Addiction is not a product of personal failure, or a sign of moral weakness. It

Addicts don’t tend to recognize the full extent of their problems

Suki — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:33:27 +0000

The decision to conduct an addiction intervention is the most important one you

You know that substance abusers are stripped of their dignity, and their capacity for joy

Suki — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:11:49 +0000

The decision to conduct a drug and alcohol intervention may well be the most important one you ever make. If you

The powerful course of interventions

Suki — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:01:35 +0000

The decision to conduct a drug intervention is the most important one you