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Applications of Resiliency in a Population of S ubstance Abusers

Applications of Resiliency in a Population of S ubstance Abusers . Adam Flack PUBH 580. Drugs and Alcohol. Drug and alcohol abuse take a substantial toll on society Addiction not only ruins lives it is also a drain on the economy. Current Programs do not yield adequate results

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Applications of Resiliency in a Population of S ubstance Abusers

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  1. Applications of Resiliency in a Population of Substance Abusers Adam Flack PUBH 580

  2. Drugs and Alcohol • Drug and alcohol abuse take a substantial toll on society • Addiction not only ruins lives it is also a drain on the economy. • Current Programs do not yield adequate results • Fresh ideas are needed

  3. Current Failures • Current abuser statistics have not been altered significantly by current programs • Existing programs focus on altering outside factors to achieve behavior change • Prevention is mainly focused on negative risk factor (also outside) • Constant Maintenance is needed • Relapse rates are unacceptable

  4. Possible Changes • A switch to an inside-out approach needs to be implemented • Resiliency needs to be more thoroughly understood by practitioners

  5. Resiliency • Defined as the ability to withstand or recover from difficult conditions (Sedgeman and Pettit, 2005) • Increases positive mental and physical health behaviors (Feinstein and Baartman et al., 2008) • A strong promotive factor in opposition to negative risk factors (Ostaszewski and Zimmerman, 2006)

  6. How to get resilience • Resilience is already inside each of us • A mind thinking in a natural healthy way will tap into this innate resilience (Kelley, 2005) • Once the mind is quieted from rogue thoughts resiliency presents itself.

  7. The Three Principles • Sydney Banks theorizes that the world for us is made into three fundamental elements • These Principles are Mind, Thought, and Consciousness • The understanding of how these principles create reality via an insight help yield a quiet mind.

  8. Mind • The Mind is described as the invisible power that drives us as beings • Some people may refer to this as the soul • ‘Some people may refer to this as God’ (Sydney Banks)

  9. Thought • Thought is the tool which creates reality as we know it. • Thought is not always rationale and create varying realities for different people • Thought is a pair of sunglasses which we view form through

  10. Consciousness • Consciousness is the bridge which connect Mind and Thought • It is the awareness of form

  11. Resiliency for substance abusers • Resiliency has been shown to be intertwined with self-regulation (Wong and Nigg, 2006) • Behavior under resiliency is healthful • Nobody is in too deep to lose their resiliency

  12. Primary Prevention • Studies have shown that resiliency is a great defense against negative health behaviors in the future (Pierce and Shields, 1998) • Innate Health’s originality may intimidate parents of children until it gains national popularity • This is why voluntary interventions are a better place to start

  13. Intervention • Focus literature on existing users • Make literature available in the public realm • Discuss innate health with churches for further literature distribution • Make training available to physicians • Literature will give meeting areas for further discussion

  14. Intervention (cont’d) • Offer incentives for physicians who recommend abusers • Once a week meetings (2 hours) to train abusers free of charge • Content will be spread over three meetings

  15. Intervention (cont’d) meetings • First meeting will address the innate health model as well as the three principles • Second meetings will allow people to share their insights as well as a Q and A session for people having trouble • Final meetings will discuss utilization of this insight in modern day living, it will also discuss the proper way to pass this message onto others

  16. Conclusion • Resilience is a perfect tool to utilize in combating drug and alcohol abuse • Results are immediate and require little to no maintenance • Treatment with Innate Health is relatively cost free • IT WORKS!!

  17. The End

  18. References • Feinstein, S., Baartman, J., Buboltz, M., Sonnichsen, K., & Solomon, R. (2008, June). Resiliency in Adolescent Males in a Correctional Facility. Journal of Correctional Education, 59(2), 94-105. • Noether, C., Brown, V., Finkelstein, N., Russell, L., VanDeMark, N., Morris, L., et al. (2007, September). Promoting resiliency in children of mothers with co-occurring disorders and histories of trauma: Impact of a skills-based intervention program on child outcomes. Journal of Community Psychology, 35(7), 823-843. • Kelley, T. (2005, April). Natural Resilience and Innate Mental Health. American Psychologist, 60(3), 265-265. • Pierce, L., & Shields, N. (1998, March). The Be A Star community-based after-school program: Developing resiliency factors in high-risk preadolescent youth. Journal of Community Psychology, 26(2), 175-183.

  19. References • Ostaszewski, K., & Zimmerman, M. (2006, December). The Effects of Cumulative Risks and Promotive Factors on Urban Adolescent Alcohol and Other Drug Use: A Longitudinal Study of Resiliency. American Journal of Community Psychology, 38(3/4), 237-249. • Wong, M., Nigg, J., Zucker, R., Puttler, L., Fitzgerald, H., Jester, J., et al. (2006, July). Behavioral Control and Resiliency in the Onset of Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use: A Prospective Study From Preschool to Adolescence. Child Development, 77(4), 1016-1033. • Waller, M., Okamoto, S., Miles, B., & Hurdle, D. (2003, December). Resiliency Factors Related to Substance Use/Resistance:Perceptions of Native Adolescents of the Southwest. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 30(4), 79-94. • Taylor, E., Karcher, M., Kelly, P., & Valescu, S. (2003, October). Resiliency, Risk, and Substance Use Among Hispanic Urban Juvenile Detainees. Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 24(1), 46.

  20. References • Zunz, S., Turner, S., & Norman, E. (1993, July). Accentuating the Positive: Stressing Resiliency in School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention Programs. Social Work in Education, 15(3), 169-176. • Sedgeman, J., Pettit, W. (2005-08) Prevention Through Resiliency. Course PUBH 580, all materials.

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