Role of Diet in People-Work: Uses of Nutrition in Therapy with Substance Abusers

The traditional model describing how a substance abuser enters treatment is presented. After discussing this model, built primarily from alcohol literature, its application to both alcohol and drug abusers is revisited. An alternative model is presented and discussed which challenges some of the basic assumptions of the traditional model. For instance, the requirement of motivation to seek help prior to treatment is no longer operative, as treatment is often a requirement of the criminal justice system after conviction. In addition, it is often no longer the problem which brought the person to our attention which needs to be treated. Thus, the role of the criminal justice system is to be part of the outside pressures which involve more and more people in treatment each year.

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The Role of Group Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Substance Abusers

American Journal of Psychotherapy ◽

10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.1.55 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 55-67 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

David E. Cooper

Keyword(s):

Group Psychotherapy ◽

Substance Abusers

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The Role of Case Management in Retaining Clients in Substance Abuse Treatment: An Exploratory Analysis

Journal of Drug Issues ◽

10.1177/002204269702700410 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 821-832 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Harvey A. Siegal ◽

Richard C. Rapp ◽

Li Li ◽

Pranjit Saha ◽

Karen D. Kirk

Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Case Management ◽

Substance Abuse Treatment ◽

Substance Abusers ◽

Primary Treatment ◽

Treatment Services ◽

Improved Outcomes ◽

Cluster Analytic ◽

Abuse Treatment

The positive relationship between time spent in substance-abuse treatment and improved outcomes has led to a significant interest in interventions that encourage substance abusers to remain in treatment. Case management has been tested for its role in both encouraging continued participation and directly affecting desired outcomes. This article reports findings from an ongoing longitudinal study that randomly assigned over 600 substance abusers entering treatment to one of two groups, either: (1) usual primary and aftercare drug treatment services or (2) usual services and an enhancement of strengths-based case management. A cluster analytic technique was used to identify patterns of participation in post-primary treatment, i.e., aftercare and case management, among those substance abusers in the enhanced group. Three distinct clusters emerge that suggest a prominent role for this model of case management as either an adjunct or an alternative to conventional treatment.

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Women Substance Abuse a Rising Problem in India

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0403.039 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Dr. Uma Joshi ◽

Mr. Bhawani Singh Rathore

Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Substance Abusers ◽

Treatment Programs ◽

Indian Women ◽

Etiological Factors ◽

Efficacious Treatment ◽

Women Substance Abusers ◽

Women In India ◽

Male To Female

This paper traces the role of Substance abuse among women in India. In the last few years, attention has shifted from male to female substance abuse in India. As the numbers of female substance abusers perpetuate to elevate, researches and studies deliberate to understand gender-centric etiological factors, ill effects, phenomenology, outcome, and obstruction cognate to treatment with the aim to develop more efficacious treatment programs. Though, because of non-recognition of women substance abusers, the studies on Indian women substance abusers population being sparse. This paper tries to highlight the issues and rising problem of women substance abuse in India.

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