Treatment 101 Substance Abuse Basics

1. Treatment 101Substance Abuse Basics West Coast Consulting Wanda King Wcking116@aol.com

2. Objectives • You will be able to: • Define key treatment terms • Describe the basic framework for a continuum of care • Develop questions to ask your treatment provider

3. What Is Treatment • Treatment is all of the interventions intended to short-circuit the addiction process and to introduce the individual to effective recovery

4. Comprehensive Assessment • How do you determine level of addiction? • How to you determine level of care? • What is included in a comprehensive assessment?

5. 12 Core Competencies • Screening – process by which a client is determined appropriate and eligible for admission to a program • Client Intake – process of collecting client information at the beginning of treatment that is used in assessment of a client for treatment • Client Orientation – individual or group sessions to familiarize clients with program service expectations and goals

6. 12 Core Competencies • Client Assessment – confirms the presence of a problem and helps illuminate other problems connected with the substance abuse disorder. Is used to develop and appropriate set of interventions • Treatment Planning – defining areas of strengths and needs establishing long and short term goals and developing an appropriate plan for reaching these goals

7. 12 Core Competencies • Individual Counseling – one to one counseling with the client and/or with clients family • Group Counseling – process involving clients for the purpose of exploring client issues with other clients • Family Counseling - process of exploring the dynamics of the family system

8. 12 Core Competencies • Case Management – activities which bring services, agencies, resources or people together and work toward the achievement of established goals. • Crisis Intervention – services which respond to a client with alcohol or other drug issues during acute emotional and/or physical distress

9. 12 Core Components • Client Education –seminars or workshops which have the major goal of increasing the clients’ knowledge and patterns of problem behavior • Referral – identifying strengths and needs of the client that cannot be met by the counselor or agency and assisting the client to use the support systems and community resources available

10. 12 Core Components • Record Keeping – charting the results of the assessment and treatment plan: writing reports, progress notes, discharge summaries and other client-related data • Consultation – discussing with counselors and other professionals the client’s treatment to assure comprehensive, quality care for the client

11. Levels of Use • Experimental/Use • Social Use • Drug Abuse • Addiction/Dependency • Components of Dependency • Psychological • Physical

12. Continuum of Care

13. Treatment Modalities • Outpatient • Non-intensive 9 or less • Intensive 9 – 20 • Day treatment – spend day can be education focused if youth

14. Treatment Modalities continued • Inpatient/residential • Medically monitored intensive inpatient • Residential • Therapeutic Communities • Group homes/transitional living • Detoxification • Self-help

15. Principles for Effective Treatment • 1. No single treatment is appropriate for all individuals? • True: matching treatment services to individual problems and needs is critical to success • 2. It is not important for treatment to be available immediately? • False: Because people may be uncertain about entering it is important to take advantage of opportunities when they are.

16. Principles for Effective Treatment • 3. Effective treatment addresses only AOD use? • False: to be effective treatment must address drug use and any other associated problems. • 4. Treatment plans must be updated on a regular basis? • True: participants may require varying services and treatment components during the course of treatment

17. Principles for Effective Treatment • 5. The length of treatment does not impact treatment effectiveness? • False: appropriate time in treatment depends on individual problems and needs. • 6. Medications are an important element of treatment for many patients. • True: methadone is effective in helping individuals addicted to opiates. For participants with mental disorders medications can be critical

18. Principles for Effective Treatment • 7. Drug using or addicted individuals should deal with co-existing mental disorders first? • False: because addictive disorders and mental disorders often occur in the same individual clients presenting for either condition should be assessed and treated for both. • 8. Detox by itself can change long-term drug use? • False: medical detox safely manages symptoms of withdrawal but is rarely sufficient to help addicts achieve long-term abstinence.

19. Principles for Effective Treatment • 9. Treatment does not need to be voluntary to be effective? • True: coerced and voluntary treatment has about the same success outcome rates • 10. Recovery from addiction can be long-term and frequently requires multiple treatment episodes? • True: as with other chronic illnesses, relapses to drug use can occur during or after successful treatment episodes. Addicts may require prolonged treatment and multiple treatment episodes to achieve long-term abstinence

20. Adolescent Treatment in Juvenile Drug Court • Elements associated with effectiveness • Assessment and treatment matching • Ability to engage and retain • Comprehensive integrated approach • Qualifications of staff • Aftercare and relapse prevention • Gender/culturally appropriate • Family involvement • Developmental appropriateness

21. Interventions Associated with No or Minimal Change • Passive referrals • Educational units alone • Probation services as usual • Non-standardized outpatient treatment

22. Interventions Associated with Deterioration • Treatment in groups that include one or more highly deviant individuals • Treatment of adolescents in adult units and/or with adult model and materials

23. Relapse • What is relapse • A process in which an individual who has abstained from use for a period of time begins to think about using, then uses • What is relapse prevention • A set of strategies to train AOD users to cope more effectively and overcome triggers in their environment

24. Relapse • Anticipate relapse • Natural part of recover • Should not be confused with program failure • Prevention should start in the beginning • Prepare for relapse • Occurs in first 3 – 12 months • Program cannot predict # of times • Determine how program will respond • Distinguish between relapse and ongoing use • Teach participants about triggers

25. Relapse Warning Signs • Unscheduled absences from sessions • Changes in attitude and mood • Change in level of engagement • Physical changes – weight, sleep, health • Change in performance in school or job • Family report of changes in home interactions

26. Expressive and Experiential Therapies • Music Therapy – using music to achieve treatment goals • Art Therapy • Journaling • Autobiography

27. Question to Providers • Take 5 minutes and work with group to develop questions you have for your treatment provider.