Substance Abuse Treatment Paper
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W5TA.pptxPREVENTION AND REHABILITATION PLAN
What is Relapse?
A relapse is the process through which the person slowly and gradually falls back towards the substance abuse after a certain period of abstinence.
Hence, relapse prevention is needed to avoid the substance use starting all over again from the scratch
Many studies suggest that the process of relapse prevention actually helps to reduce the probability of substance abuse.
A relapse is the process through which the person slowly and gradually falls back towards the substance abuse after a certain period of abstinence. This means that there are still chances that the person might go back to using drugs even after they have fully recovered and has stopped using drugs at all. Hence, relapse prevention is needed to avoid the substance use starting all over again from the scratch. There are several different studies suggest that the process of relapse prevention actually helps to reduce the probability of substance abuse. Additionally, there are persuasive articles online that provide guidance.
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Prevention Strategies
Many different strategies exist for preventing substance abuse.
For instance,
Clinical strategies is one of the most popularly and widely used form of strategies including basic cognitive therapy that can help fight against depression
The most common among the clinical therapy and easy to execute is mindfulness in which every emotion, sensation or feeling is accepted (Mark and Zindel, 2007).
Many different strategies exist for preventing substance abuse. Among them, Clinical strategies is considered to be the most reliable therapies because of which it is the most used form of strategies including basic cognitive therapy that can help fight against depression. The most common among the clinical therapy and easy to execute is mindfulness in which every emotion, sensation or feeling is accepted. In this case, feelings and thoughts are mostly observed as events that occur in mind with full self-awareness. This allows the person to be mentally awareness of his/her situation and do not react to situations automatically.
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Prevention Strategies (Cont.)
The prevention strategies and the use of specific strategies varies from one person to another.
For instance,
Relapse Prevention for Return of Pathological Worry in CBT-Treated Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Relapse Prevention for Schizophrenia (Mark and Zindel, 2007).
Relapse Prevention for Return of Pathological Worry in CBT-Treated Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is for the patient who suffer from uncontrollable worry. For this purpose, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy caters best to the needs of GAD patients. The most common path chosen for GAD patients is having a healthy lifestyle. For Schizophrenic patients as well, CBT is used. However, the approach to dealing is different including having a focus on coping skills development, enhancing the ability of functional analysis, communication skills (particularly social skills) and providing psychoeducation. CBT along with routine clinical care resulted in significant additional benefits than routine with supportive therapy.
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Treatment Issues
One of the major concerns raised in the smooth execution of the rehabilitation plan are the treatment issues.
Added stressors are involved with the criminal justice system, primarily because of the legal situation (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2005)
Other characteristics affecting treatment in the criminal justice system are the criminal thinking and criminal values.
There are a range of similarities that exist between substance abuse treatment for general people and people in the criminal justice system particularly. This is mainly because people in the criminal justice system have higher stressors, including legal situation. Criminal justice clients also portray characteristics that affect treatment including criminal thinking and criminal values. These are stronger when aligned with resistance and denial issues found in other substance abuse treatment populations. Every case is unique and therefore it is important to note that treatment approaches must take into account the unique situation of the offender and his stage in the recovery process
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Relapse Prevention Plan
Self-assessment and Self-Reflection is a must exercise.
It should be developed more like a habit because such care and attention is the first towards preventing a relapse Nova Recovery Center (2017).
Understand your weak points and trigger areas
A trigger could be any point, an incident or any event that could send you back to the state where substance abuse only seems to be the option for relieve from stress and pain Nova Recovery Center (2017).
Self-assessment and self-reflection is a similar approach that of cognitive/clinical therapy and provides the experience of mindfulness which makes the patient self-aware and metal aware of his/her situation and ensures that the patient does not automatically react to situations in their habitual ways.
Also, the identification and understanding of trigger points will allow the patient to avoid counter with them or at least be prepared to respond positively to the situation and have an overall improved attitude. A trigger sends back to the state where substance abuse only seems to be the option for relieve from stress and pain.
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Relapse Prevention Plan (Cont.)
3. Plan for the worst
This will help you to deal with any traumatizing situation again and prevent you from using the substance again (Nova Recovery Center, 2017).
4. Surround yourself with people who you can trust
This will provide you with the opportunity to share your pain or stressful situation so that you do not have to bear the entire burden in isolation (Nova Recovery Center, 2017).
Planning for the worst will help the patient to mentally prepare him/herself. Even though the entire reaction cannot be fully controlled but most part of it can allow the patient to be prepared beforehand. This can help reduce the traumatizing impact and stop the patient from going back to the drug abuse.
Also, surrounding with people who love and care gives a sense of belonging to the patient and this allows the patient to think for them, if not oneself, before retracting to the drug abuse. It also provides the opportunity to share the pain or stress of the situation.
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Relapse Prevention Plan (Cont.)
5. Set goals for a healthy lifestyle
Perhaps the most successful way to avoid relapse to substance abuse is to start a new life.
This means new goals and objectives will provide a meaning to life
It will ensure that at least the person thinks twice about the purpose of his/her life before going back to the darkness of drug abuse (Nova Recovery Center, 2017).
Setting goals to begin a new life with is the one of the most successful ways of the prevention plans as it provides meaning to the lives of the patients and gives them a sense of purpose as well as direction to follow. This also ensures that the patient has some way or the other to have an outlet to the emotions and feelings so that the patient does not have to do it all alone. Developing a sense of positivity and bringing the patient back towards life by telling them its value avoids relapse for a long period of time.
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Conclusion
In conclusion, many different strategies exists but each strategy must be used as per the conditions and the needs of the patient
Strategies cannot be standardised though there is a pattern of positive activities researched though observation provides a prevention plans for relapse.
Success of these depends on the individual willingness mostly as well as the capacity to avoid relapse.
There are many different strategies that can be used for therapy. However, each of the strategy varies as per the conditions of the person. As discussed above, these include the clinical strategies such as mindfulness and cognitive therapy used for GAD and schizophrenic patients. Strategies cannot be standardised though there is a pattern of positive activities researched though observation provides a prevention plans for relapse. However, all in all for any strategy to be useful, it largely depends upon the willingness of the patient to come out of that zone. This willingness can be primarily built through counselling sessions with the psycho therapists.
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References
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System. Rockville (MD): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US); 2005. (Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 44.) 5 Major Treatment Issues and Approaches. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64124 /
Mark A.Lau and Zindel V.Segal (2007), Therapist's Guide to Evidence-Based Relapse Prevention
Nova Recovery Center (2017). 5 Key Components of a Relapse Prevention Plan https ://novarecoverycenter.com/recovery/5-key-components-of-a-relapse-prevention-plan/
