The risks of cannabis and other illicit drugs: Views among French and Finnish addiction treatment providers

Simmat-Durand, Laurence; Koski-Jännes, Anja

doi:10.7895/ijadr.v4i1.201

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“…Welfare workers’ definitions and understandings of substance use problems have vital consequences for how those categorized as experiencing such problems are assessed and for the structure and delivery of welfare services. Research shows that welfare workers’ understandings of substance use problems vary greatly and are highly embedded in cultural, institutional, and social contexts (Bourgain et al, 2012; Russell, Davies, & Hunter, 2011; Simmat-Durand & Koski-Jännes, 2015). Cultural factors are found to be more pervasive than other demographic characteristics such as professionals’ education, gender, age, and work experiences in shaping treatment professionals’ views on alcohol use problems (Koski-Jännes, Pennonen, & Simmat-Durand, 2016).…”

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Formula Stories of the “Substance-Using Client”

Selseng

2017

Contemporary Drug Problems

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This study explores how socially circulating stories about clients with substance use problems serve as a cultural resource for welfare workers. By examining data drawn from interviews with service providers, the article analyzes the contents and functions of circulating stories about substance-using clients. The data consist of teller-focused interviews with 23 counselors working for the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration. Informed by the concept of formula stories, the article analyzes the symbolic and emotional codes embedded in the socially circulating stories and the plots and characters they produce. The analysis identifies four formula stories with corresponding plots, codes, and characters: the addicted, the unreliable, the deteriorating, and the stigmatized client. By exploring the contents of formula stories, the article reveals culturally embedded assumptions, which make the stories applicable and believable. Furthermore, it addresses the functions of these stories as models for client identities and in legitimizing social welfare practices and the professionals' feelings about working with substance use problems.

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Formula Stories of the “Substance-Using Client”

Selseng

2017

Contemporary Drug Problems

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Basic Beliefs About Behavioural Addictions Among Finnish and French Treatment Professionals

Koski-Jännes

Simmat-Durand

2017

J Gambl Stud

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The ways in which addictive behaviours are perceived may decisively influence the ways they are handled. This study explores how treatment professionals' cultural and other background variables influence their beliefs about gambling and Internet addictions. Mailed surveys were conducted with addiction treatment professionals in Finland (n = 520) in 2007-2008 and France (n = 472) in 2010-2011. The data were analysed by descriptive statistical methods and logistic regression analysis. Cultural differences were the most consistent predictors of the responses concerning gambling and Internet addictions. The French professionals assessed the dependence risk in these behaviours as higher (P < 0.001) and they believed less than the Finns in the power of treatment (P < 0.001). The latter attributed more responsibility to the individual for solving these non-substance addictions (P < 0.001). The general views of gambling and Internet addictions mostly resembled each other but they varied with culture. The Finnish professionals' lower concern for the risk of dependence and the French professionals' distrust in treatment together with both groups' tendency to blame the individual for becoming addicted may all reduce professionals' willingness to help people who require treatment for their behavioural addictions.

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Treatment Professionals' Basic Beliefs About Alcohol Use Disorders: The Impact of Different Cultural Contexts

Koski-Jännes

Pennonen

Simmat-Durand

2016

Substance Use & Misuse

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Cultural factors shape the ways in which alcohol use disorders are perceived more pervasively than the other background variables. The French professionals' low trust in treatment and the Finnish professionals' lack of concern for the addiction potential of alcohol and stronger tendency to regard the person as responsible for the problem could be seen as potential impediments to effective ways of helping alcohol abusers in these countries.

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The risks of cannabis and other illicit drugs: Views among French and Finnish addiction treatment providers

Cited by 3 publications

References 29 publications

Formula Stories of the “Substance-Using Client”

Formula Stories of the “Substance-Using Client”

Basic Beliefs About Behavioural Addictions Among Finnish and French Treatment Professionals

Treatment Professionals' Basic Beliefs About Alcohol Use Disorders: The Impact of Different Cultural Contexts

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