Substance Abuse Relapse
Traditional/Alternative Approach
Matt Cantrell
November 24, 2011
Missouri Baptist University
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the
Master of Arts in Counseling degree to
Dr. Damon Gamble
Abstract
Substance abuse relapse decreases with the use of traditional and alternative withdrawal medications and treatments. Studies of methods of treatments and medications have been conducted in an Addiction Recovery plan (Lin, Yanli, Weili, Jie, Yu, Ling, & Kosten, 2009). Several different treatments including medication, meditation, acupuncture, counseling, are at the top of the list of alternative methods for treatment of substance abuse addiction (Addiction Recovery Guide). In any ...
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Hypotheses 4
Limitations of the Study 5
Summary 5
Chapter 2 6
Review of Related Literature 6
Introduction 6
The Stages of Relapse 7
Emotional Relapse 8
Early Relapse Prevention 8
Physical Relapse 9
Mental Relapse 9
Summary 10
References 11
Chapter 1
Introduction
Substance abuse relapse decreases with the use of traditional and alternative withdrawal medications and treatments. Studies of methods of treatments and medications have been conducted in an Addiction Recovery plan (Lin, Yanli, Weili, Jie, Yu, Ling, & Kosten, 2009). Several different treatments including medication, meditation, acupuncture, counseling, are at the top of the list of alternative methods for treatment of substance abuse addiction (Addiction Recovery Guide). In any recovery treatment plan, the ultimate goal would be for survival of the patient in a healthy lifestyle, free from the addiction for which they are seeking treatment, without relapse into the addiction. ...
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more so than others. (2) Only a limited number of medications have been traced to find any long-term effects of use to treat the addictions. (3) The expenses of treatments has allowed for clinical trials to be small in numbers. (4) The level of medical treatment team, including acting therapist, psychiatrist, medical doctor, and treatment technicians.
Summary
Patients undergoing treatment for substance abuse face many obstacles in their path to recovery. In addition they must face the use of so many different gimmicks out there for the sake of get better now; that for most, relapse is usually inevitable. However, along with use of support groups, traditional and ...
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