Over-Treatment and Under-Treatment of Addiction

Post an example of potential over-treatment and an example of potential under-treatment for Marge. Explain the possible consequences of your chosen example. As a helping professional, explain how you would mitigate the potential for over-treating or under-treating clients. Support your response using the resources and the current and seminal literature regarding such factors as levels of treatment, patient placement criteria, and client's stage of readiness.

Required Readings

Doweiko, H. E. (2019). Concepts of chemical dependency (10th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage.

Chapter 28, "The Assessment of Suspected Substance Use Disorders" (pp. 389-404)

Chapter 29, "Intervention" (pp. 405-413)

Chapter 30, "Treatment Settings" (pp. 415-422)

Chapter 33, "The Process of Treatment" (pp.448-468)

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012b). Counseling session 2. [Multimedia file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Document: "Counseling session 2" Transcript (PDF)

Please use required reading and media for citations. Thank you