by | Dec 3, 2021 | Social Sciences : Social Work (MSW)
Addiction has an impact on every aspect of an individual’s life, making a holistic approach to treatment essential. Fortunately, many treatment programs have adopted a team approach to treatment. This provides the opportunity to address the addiction, the physical and emotional consequences of the addiction, and other related issues. For example, in addiction treatment centers, the clinical staff may address a client’s psychological needs while the medical staff addresses their medical and physical well-being.
For this Discussion, review the week’s resources and the media piece, “Team Approach to Addiction Treatment.” Explore the strengths and limitations of the team approach to addiction treatment. Think about how a client might respond to a team approach versus a single person.
Post an explanation of two strengths and two limitations of using a team approach to addiction treatment from the perspective of an addiction professional and from the perspective of a client. Support your response using the resources and the current literature.
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by | Dec 3, 2021 | Social Sciences : Social Work (MSW)
Although addiction may begin with voluntary use, regular exposure to an addictive substance or behavior may become unmanageable. An individual with an addiction cannot simply stop their addictive behavior through desire. Due to the differences in addiction and addictive behavior, assessing the right treatment level of care is significant for treatment. As such, there are different levels of addiction treatment, and each level of care focuses on a part of the healing and recovery process.
The levels of addiction treatment are:
Outpatient Addiction Service
Intensive outpatient care
Partial hospitalization
Inpatient stabilization and detoxification
Residential
After care, including halfway houses and three-quarter houses
Ideally a client would be able to benefit from all of these levels of care, as they are all part of the healing and recovery process (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2020). However, the reality of resources, life issues, and availability may prevent every client with addiction problems from receiving all of these services. Assessing the appropriate level of care for your client is significant to a successful recovery.
For this Discussion, look at the scenario provided and examine the levels of addiction treatment. Post a brief description of the scenario that you selected and explain which level of treatment is most appropriate for the client and why. Include the criteria for that level of treatment. Finally, based on your review of the levels of treatment, explain which level you are most interested in working in and why. Support your response using the resources and the current literature.
Scenario
Abigail is a thirty-five year-old Latina woman who is a divorced single mother of two children: a nine year-old son and a seven year-old daughter. She lives with her widowed mother who watches the children while she works evenings as a waitress and bartender at a local tavern. Abigail is popular with the regulars who frequent the bar. She gets tipped with ecstasy, cocaine, and prescription drugs. Abigail has recently started staying out late and occasionally has not come home to be with her children. She uses cocaine during her work shift, and drinks during the week after work. When confronted about staying out all night, Abigail becomes argumentative with her mother and storms out of the house. Her son has started acting out at school and her daughter isolates herself in her room and has begun wetting the bed at night. Abigail’s mother contacts you to consult about how to help her daughter.
Useful link: https://psychcentral.com/lib/levels-of-treatment-for-substance-abuse
by | Dec 3, 2021 | Social Sciences : Social Work (MSW)
A major issue that influences diagnoses of addiction are co-occurring disorders. There has been a long-standing debate over which is primary—the addiction or the other mental disorder. Addiction issues may receive limited clinical attention, or else they are not acknowledged at all. How do you suppose an addictions professional could provide limited clinical attention to such a client?
For this Discussion, consider the impact of co-occurring on treatment of addiction in individuals.
Post a description of two co-occurring disorders that are commonly seen in individuals who use substances. Explain how the co-occurring disorders may present challenges to treatment for people with problems with addiction. Explain the best protocol in treating clients with co-occurring disorders. Use scholarly, peer-reviewed resources to support your post.
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by | Dec 3, 2021 | Social Sciences : Social Work (MSW)
Many addiction treatment programs incorporate a multi factor approach to treatment, focusing on the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well being of the individual (Alcoholics Anonymous, 2012). Not only does addiction harm the body, it may also affect the mental well being of an individual. In addition, spirituality may also play an important role in addiction treatment. Each area of well being must be carefully assessed, examined, and treated. Failure to do so may result in a greater chance for relapse. It is also essential to consider the influence of gender for a person’s physical, emotional, and spiritual well being when treating addiction (Myers & Salt, 2013).
For this Discussion, review this week’s resources and consider how physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well being are influenced by addiction. In addition, think about how men, women, or people with gender variant or gender non-conforming identities with addiction might experience the areas of well being differently.
Post an explanation of two ways addiction impacts the physical, emotional, and spiritual well being of clients with problems with addiction. Then, explain how gender might influence the physical, emotional, and spiritual well being of clients with problems with addiction. Support your response using the resources and the current literature.
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by | Dec 3, 2021 | Social Sciences : Social Work (MSW)
Addiction has many consequences. Often these consequences result in a negative impact on an individual’s life. Yet many people suffering from addiction are contributing members of society who are adept at hiding the effects of their addiction from family, friends, and co-workers.
To understand how this is possible, it is important to understand the idea of internal consequences, or impacts. Internal consequences are negative impacts that are not visible. These consequences are often connected to internal suffering and may be difficult for others to identify unless expressed by the individual. As a result, they are much easier to keep hidden. Does every person feel some level of internal consequences due to their addiction? Treatment may provide an opportunity for individuals to explore their internal conflicts and the impact that they have had on their lives.
For this Discussion, review the week’s resources and consider the internal consequences of addiction. In addition, explore strategies that may be useful to clients who are faced with internal consequences.
Post two examples of internal consequences that may result from clients with problems with addiction. Explain one challenge for overcoming internal consequences. Finally, explain two strategies that you might use as a future addiction professional to address internal consequences. Support your response using the resources and the current literature.
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useful link: http://www.bma-wellness.com/papers/Getting_Away_Addiction.html
by | Dec 3, 2021 | Social Sciences : Social Work (MSW)
Not all consequences of addiction are internal. In many cases, the consequences of addiction are external and highly visible. External consequences are those that are tangible, noticeable, behavioral in nature, and usually unable to be hidden by choice.
There is no single experience that causes people to seek out treatment for their addiction. Individuals might begin recovery for a variety of reasons, though their motivation is likely to be related to internal consequences, external consequences, or a combination of the two.
For this Discussion, review the week’s resources and consider the external consequences of addiction. In addition, explore strategies that may be useful to clients who are faced with external consequences. Finally, consider your thoughts on whether internal or external factors motivate individuals to seek treatment sooner.
Post two examples of external consequences that may result from clients with problems with addiction. Explain one challenge with overcoming external consequences. Then explain two strategies that you might use as a future addiction professional to address external consequences. Finally, explain your position on whether individuals are more motivated to seek treatment as a result of internal or external consequences. Support your response using the resources and the current literature.
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