6202 Week 10 - Discussion: Evidence-Based and Non-Evidence-Based Programs

Week 10: Research and Evidence-Based Treatment

Imagine making complex decisions about treating a variety of addiction issues, such as food addiction, sex addiction, and cocaine addiction. Add to that the problems that often lead to addiction, such as depression, childhood abuse, and mental illness, and you can understand why treatment decisions can be challenging. How do you know what treatment program to use with a client? How can you know whether a treatment will be effective? What do other helping professionals say about treatment options?

Helping professionals make treatment decisions every day. Those decisions are sometimes based on experience and anecdotal evidence, but often they are based on scientific evidence gathered from observation and research.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Analyze the value of evidence-based treatment programs

· Analyze the influence of evidence-based treatment programs on treatment practices

· Analyze strengths and limitations of substance abuse treatment programs

· Analyze strengths and limitations of prevention programs

Learning Resources

Note:  To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the  Course Materials  section of your Syllabus.

Required Readings

Heinrich, C. J., & Cummings, G. R. (2014). Adoption and diffusion of evidence‐based addiction medications in substance abuse treatment. Health services research, 49(1), 127-152.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2018). Evidence-based practices resource center. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/ebp-resource-center

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2009). Implementing change in substance abuse treatment programs (DHHS Publication No. SMA 09-4377). Retrieved from http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content//SMA09-4377/SMA09-4377.pdf Read pages 1–18.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 42. DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 05-3922. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2005.

Vanderplasschen, W., Vandevelde, S., De Ruysscher, C., Vandevelde, D., & Broekaert, E. (2017). In search of evidence-based treatment in TCs for addictions: 40 years of research in TC De Kiem (Belgium). Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 12(2-3), 177-195.

Madson, M., & Schumacher, J. (2010). Motivational interviewing and alcohol. Healthcare Counselling & Psychotherapy Journal, 10(4), 13–17.

Discussion: Evidence-Based and Non-Evidence-Based Programs

The efficacy of evidence-based programs is supported by rigorous scientific studies. The term evidence based is synonymous with other terms, including science based and empirically based. They refer to measuring the effectiveness of programs through objective, controlled scientific studies.

Helping professionals should be prepared to use evidence-based approaches, know how they differ from non-evidence-based approaches, and recognize how their use influences treatment practices.

By Day 4

Provide a 400-word discussion Post 

· An explanation of the value of evidence-based treatment programs.

· Explain how the prevalence of evidence-based programs has influenced treatment practices for addiction.

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· Support your response using the resources and the current literature. Must contain at least 4 references from the following materials being sure to reference Heinrich, SAMHSA, and Vanderplasschen

Heinrich, C. J., & Cummings, G. R. (2014). Adoption and diffusion of evidence‐based addiction medications in substance abuse treatment. Health services research, 49(1), 127-152.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2018). Evidence-based practices resource center. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/ebp-resource-center

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2009). Implementing change in substance abuse treatment programs (DHHS Publication No. SMA 09-4377). Retrieved from http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content//SMA09-4377/SMA09-4377.pdf Read pages 1–18.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 42. DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 05-3922. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2005.

Vanderplasschen, W., Vandevelde, S., De Ruysscher, C., Vandevelde, D., & Broekaert, E. (2017). In search of evidence-based treatment in TCs for addictions: 40 years of research in TC De Kiem (Belgium). Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 12(2-3), 177-195.

Madson, M., & Schumacher, J. (2010). Motivational interviewing and alcohol. Healthcare Counselling & Psychotherapy Journal, 10(4), 13–17.