Positive and negative features of a computer assisted drug treatment program delivered by mentors to homeless drug users living in hostels

A 45-item survey questionnaire on alcoholism training topics was completed by 29 paraprofessionals and 21 professionals working in an alcoholism and drug treatment program at a state hospital to determine staff training needs. The expression of training needs between paraprofessionals and professionals yielded a rank correlation coefficient ( rho) of .66 ( df = 44, p < .005). The results indicated that in-service training sessions could be planned in accordance with common needs.

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“Secrets keep you sick”: Metalinguistic labor in a drug treatment program for homeless women

Language in Society ◽

10.1017/s0047404506060301 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 35 (05) ◽

pp. 631-653 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

E. SUMMERSON CARR

Keyword(s):

Drug Treatment ◽

Treatment Program ◽

Homeless Women ◽

Drug Treatment Program

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Behavioral, Emotional, and Psychological Outcomes Among Adolescents in a Drug Treatment Program:

Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse ◽

10.1300/j029v04n01_02 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 17-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Patricia B. Moran ◽

Margaret K. Davies ◽

Tamina Toray

Keyword(s):

Drug Treatment ◽

Treatment Program ◽

Psychological Outcomes ◽

Drug Treatment Program

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New Understandings of Mothering: Mothers in an Abstinence-Based Drug Treatment Program

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction ◽

10.1007/s11469-014-9518-x ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 173-184 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Cathrine Fowler ◽

Chris Rossiter ◽

Juanita Sherwood ◽

Carolyn Day

Keyword(s):

Drug Treatment ◽

Treatment Program ◽

Drug Treatment Program

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Research Note: Perspectives on the Hierarchy of HIV and Hepatitis C Disease: Consequences for Drug Treatment Program Patients

Journal of Drug Issues ◽

10.1177/002204261004000211 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 517-535 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Corrine Munoz-Plaza ◽

Shiela M. Strauss ◽

Nelson Tiburcio ◽

Janetta M. Astone-Twerell ◽

Don C. Des Jarlais ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hepatitis C ◽

Drug Treatment ◽

Treatment Program ◽

Research Note ◽

Drug Treatment Program

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The Perils of a Drug-Free Policy for Employees of an Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program

Journal of Drug Issues ◽

10.1177/002204268101100408 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 461-470

Author(s):

Mark Worden ◽

Gayle Rosellini

Keyword(s):

Drug Treatment ◽

Treatment Program ◽

Well Being ◽

Drug Treatment Program ◽

Moral Issues ◽

Cover Up ◽

Drug Free ◽

Alcohol And Drug Treatment

This paper reviews the perils of establishing a drug-free policy for counseling staff. Five major perils are identified, not the least of which is the peril of locating a staff willing to be alcohol and drug-free as a condition of employment. Other perils include justifying a drug-free policy (which entails the hazard of being deemed oppressive and just no fun at all); the cover-up; nit-picking and sophistry; and a most parlous peril, the peril of rectitude. Drug-free counselors serve as exemplars: models of coping effectively without drugs; models of assertiveness in refusing alcohol or drugs; in short, models of well-being, able to employ in their own lives the skills and techniques of effective living they impart to clients. The authors argue that a drug-free staff policy does not involve moral issues only, rather that establishing, maintaining and reinforcing the notion of alcohol and drug-free staff may be necessary for credible survival—making this an eminently practical policy stance.

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