Exploring Inpatient Expectations of Continuing Care Treatment

The effect of assertive continuing care on continuing care linkage, adherence and abstinence following residential treatment for adolescents with substance use disorders

“…With an unplanned discharge rate of 52%, these data suggest that a significant barrier to continuing care may be due to the high unplanned discharge rate for adolescents leaving residential treatment. Other barriers to continuing care linkage and retention include (a) low perceived benefit relative to cost [23]; (b) Axis I comorbid diagnosis [24]; and (c) distance from clinic [25,26].…”

Youth recovery outcomes at 6 and 9 months following participation in a mobile texting recovery support aftercare pilot study

“…This pilot study recruited 80 youth to participate in an aftercare project called Project Educating and Supporting inQuisitive Youth in Recovery (ESQYIR) between 2012 and 2014 from both outpatient and residential community-based treatment programs located throughout diverse areas of Southern California. Inclusion criteria included being a youth defined broadly as adolescents (12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) or transitional age youth (TAY: 18-25); completing treatment, which consisted of relapse prevention/cognitive behavioral groups ranging from 12 to 16 weeks; and owning a mobile phone with SMS texting capabilities. Exclusion criteria included not obtaining parental consent (if adolescents); not willing to comply with the aftercare study procedures; and any psychological/medical conditions that warranted further primary treatment.…”

“…9,10 Limited involvement in aftercare programs, particularly NA/AA, among young people has been linked to a developmental disconnect (ie, not many age appropriate groups), an inability to connect with the program focus (ie, disease notions of substance use, total abstinence motto, life-long recovery process), lack of personal motivation, and low perceived benefit. [9][10][11][12][13] Alternative aftercare approaches have been supported for young people, including weekly in-home case management, and in-person and brief telephone structured recovery checkup interventions. 14,15 Research has shown favorable outcomes resulting from the use of such alternative aftercare approaches with young people, including reduced substance use and improved psychosocial functioning post-treatment 16 ; however, participation in aftercare programs that support recovery for young people continue to pose challenges for the treatment field.…”

Η Διαδικασία Της Απεξάρτησης

“…Τα ευρήματα σχετικά με το ρόλο αυτής της μεταβλητής είναι αντιφατικά. Ορισμένες έρευνες υποστηρίζουν ότι οι πολλές θετικές προσδοκίες συνδέονται με φτωχότερο θεραπευτικό αποτέλεσμα (Brown, 1985;Jones, Corbin & Fromme, 2001;Rychtarik et al, 1992;Solomon & Annis, 1990;Whorley, 1996). Άλλες ερευνητικές πηγές αναφέρουν θετική επίδραση των προσδοκιών στο θεραπευτικό αποτέλεσμα (Colon & Massey, 1988;Dearing et al, 2005;Dohnke, Muller-Fahrnow & Knauper, 2006;Joe, Flynn, Broome & Simpson, 2007;Jones et al, 2001;Joyce & Pipper, 1998) αλλά και της θεραπευτικής διαδικασίας (Joyce & Pipper, 1998).…”