Special Section on Relapse Prevention: Qualitative Interviews on Substance Abuse Relapse and Prevention Among Female Trauma Survivors

2005 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 1292-1296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxine Harris ◽  
Roger D. Fallot ◽  
Rebecca Wolfson Berley
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Relapse Prevention ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Trauma Survivors

Special Section on Relapse Prevention: Substance Abuse Relapse and Factors Associated With Relapse in an Inner-City Sample of Patients With Dual Diagnoses

2005 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 1274-1281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela L. Rollins ◽  
Sheila J. O'Neill ◽  
Kristin E. Davis ◽  
Timothy S. Devitt
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Relapse Prevention ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Dual Diagnoses

Relapse Prevention for Suicidal Adolescents With Depression and Substance Abuse

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Goldston ◽  
Karen C. Wells ◽  
John Curry ◽  
Yifrah Kaminer ◽  
Stephanie Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Relapse Prevention

Building Bridges in New Jersey

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-228
Author(s):  
Sami Abdel-Salam ◽  
Ashley Kilmer ◽  
Laura Monico ◽  
Christy A. Visher
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Community Treatment ◽  
Organizational Process ◽  
Correctional Setting ◽  
Case Planning ◽  
Abuse Treatment

This article describes the experience and outcomes of the National Institute on Drug Abuse–funded Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies 2 Improving Best Practices in Assessment and Case Planning for Offenders protocol in the state of New Jersey. The protocol was designed to test the effectiveness of an Organizational Process Improvement Intervention in improving four assessment and case planning domains for drug-involved offenders in correctional settings transferring to community treatment based agencies. This article describes the protocol and the change team model process through which correctional and community agency staff collaborated to improve assessment and case planning for offenders with substance abuse problems. The primary goal of these collaborative efforts was to link information across stages of the treatment continuum to improve service coordination. Data taken from qualitative interviews with agency participants are used to illustrate the common themes that emerged relating to the intervention process, barriers to implementing developed goals, and facilitative factors that contributed to successes. The findings from the current study provide indication that organizational process improvement strategies can be implemented within a correctional setting to reduce interorganizational barriers and to facilitate improvements in the continuum of care involved in the treatment of offenders with histories of substance abuse.

“Keeping It Real”: The Relational Effects of Trauma Among African American Women and Their Substance Abuse Treatment Counselors

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (17-18) ◽  
pp. 3405-3436
Author(s):  
Joan M. Blakey ◽  
Kimberly B. Grocher
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
African American ◽  
Substance Abuse Treatment ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Trauma Survivors ◽  
Healthy Relationships ◽  
American Women ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
Depth Interviews

African American women experience disproportionately high rates of trauma. Interpersonal forms of trauma often make it much more difficult for trauma survivors to initiate and maintain positive, healthy relationships with others. This study examined the kinds of relationships women with extensive histories of trauma and substance had with their substance abuse treatment counselors and the characteristics that they believe contributed to connected and disconnected client–counselor relationships. Using the case study method, 26 in-depth interviews were conducted with African American women. Data analysis revealed three primary kinds of relationships women had with their substance abuse treatment counselors: reparative, damaging, and transactional. Eighteen (69%) of the 26 women had reparative relationships with their counselors. Reparative relationships had two primary characteristics: empowering and mattering. Two (8%) of the 26 women had damaging relationships with their substance abuse treatment counselors. Damaging relationships had two primary characteristics: unimportant and untrustworthy. Six of the women (23%) had transactional relationships with their substance abuse treatment counselors. Transactional relationships were task-focused and superficial. Healing from interpersonal experiences of trauma is possible only within the context of trusting relationships. Substance abuse treatment counselors have an opportunity to help African American women with histories of trauma heal and recover. Creating positive, therapeutic relationships between clients and professionals is essential.

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