Contrasting faith-based and traditional substance abuse treatment programs

Neff, James Alan; Shorkey, Clayton T.; Windsor, Liliane Cambraia

doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2005.10.001

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“…15 For Barret et al 1 this mechanism has much more to do with social issues, including the re-socialization of the young individual through the re-establishment of a network of friends, and being in an environment in which drugs are not available.…”

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Intervenção religiosa na recuperação de dependentes de drogas

Sanchez

Nappo

2008

Rev. Saúde Pública

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OBJECTIVE:To analyze the role of emerging religious interventions in the recovery from drug addiction. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES:An exploratory qualitative study carried out in the city of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, in 2004 and2005. In-depth interviews were held with 85 former drug users who had turned to non-medical religious resources for the treatment of their drug addiction and who were free from drugs for at least six months. The religious groups included in the analysis were Catholics, Evangelicals and Spiritualists. The interviews contained questions relating to sociodemographic data, the religiosity of the interviewee, his or her history of drug consumption, medical treatment for drug addiction, religious treatment and prevention of drug consumption through religion. ANALYSIS OF RESULTS:There were differences between the religious groups in the way that the drug addict was supported. The group that most used religion as an exclusive form of treatment was the Evangelicals, who rejected the intervention of a doctor andr any kind of pharmacological treatment. The Spiritualists most turned to therapeutic support for alcohol dependence, as well as conventional treatment, on account of their greater purchasing power. Catholics generally relied exclusively on religious therapy, but were less likely to reject the possibility of medical treatment. The importance given to prayer as an anxiolytic method was common in the three treatments. Confessions and pardons -in the forms of (faith) conversions and penitence for Evangelicals and Catholics respectively -served to help to rebuild people's lives and restore their self-esteem. CONCLUSIONS:According to the interviewees, what helped them to maintain their abstinence from drugs was more than just religious faith. Other factors included the support, positive pressure and welcoming offered by the group, and the offer to rebuild their lives with the unconditional support of religious leaders.

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Intervenção religiosa na recuperação de dependentes de drogas

Sanchez

Nappo

2008

Rev. Saúde Pública

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“…These institutions provide religious counseling, guidance, mentoring, and pastoral care services. Some institutions also provide secular spiritual counseling services (Neff, Shorkey, & Windsor, 2006). Four types of faith-based social welfare organizations have been established: (i) secular counseling services that make no reference to any divinity or to the divine, (ii) organizations affiliated with a religious group but that do not use religious techniques or content in their interventions and services,(iii) organizations that use religious content as a whole and that do not use non-religious techniques, and (iv) organizations providing holistic, and spiritual/religious aid that use religious and non-religious sources.…”

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“…The duration of social, individual, counseling, and psychological health care given varies from one month to one year depending on each specific program. Those serving in such institutions consist of counselors at the doctoral level, psychologists, volunteers, pastoral counselors, and religious group members affiliated with the institution (Neff, Shorkey, & Windsor, 2006).…”

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Spiritual Interventions in Juvenile Delinquency

Kermen¹

2018

SPC

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This study is a review on spiritual and religious oriented interventions for juvenile delinquents. The article is composed of five parts, namely: (i) juvenile delinquency, (ii) the relationship between crime and spirituality, (iii) spiritual interventions for juvenile delinquency, (iv) spiritual interventions in prison for delinquent children, and (v) spiritual interventions in schools for delinquent children and their family. In the first part, the definition and scope of juvenile delinquency and the factors for committing a crime are given. In the second part, theories of spiritual psychology concerning juvenile delinquency are expressed. Faith-based intervention approaches, group psychological consultation approaches, and the spiritual interventions and counseling proficiencies of positive psychology' s spiritual intervention and counseling proficiencies are discussed in the third part. In last part, space has been given to in-school interventions and prevention approaches for families. Keywords

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“…Typically, such programs include Bible study, church services, spiritually based therapy, in addition to a strict regimen of activities. There are continued efforts to clarify the precise nature of treatment that is based on Christian principles [16].…”

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“…Varied types of cannabis existed long before its appearance in the United States. Cannabis sativa was available in the early days of the new world, first appearing in South America in the 1500s [16]. Varieties of cannabis were both a medicinal/recreational substance and a critical crop for the American colonies in the 1700s.…”

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Substance Abuse Therapeutics

Mills¹

2016

Recent Advances in Drug Addiction Research and Clinical Applications

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This chapter provides a broad overview of therapies for substance abuse. These therapies are understood in the context of the history of drug use in the United States and factors that influenced the expansion and regulation of substance use. This is followed by a discussion of how the complexity of these factors was associated with difficulties in understanding substance misuse and created challenges to the creation of effective treatment systems. The chapter reviews the moral and disease models of addiction before discussing the diagnosis of substance-related disorders. The chapter describes major treatment approaches and their efficacy.

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Contrasting faith-based and traditional substance abuse treatment programs

Cited by 58 publications

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Intervenção religiosa na recuperação de dependentes de drogas

Intervenção religiosa na recuperação de dependentes de drogas

Spiritual Interventions in Juvenile Delinquency

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