Environmental risks to be considered in substance user treatment planning, implementation, and assessment

The therapeutic process made during treatment is often negated by adverse factors in the patient's social environment. Relapse is often associated with addictive use of alcohol or other drugs by the spouse or other close personal associates. A major emphasis of every aftercare plan should be to...

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Published inInternational journal of the addictions Vol. 26; no. 3; p. 371
Main Authors Smith, J W, Frawley, P J, Howard, M O
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1991
Subjects
Aftercare - psychology
Alcoholism - prevention & control
Alcoholism - psychology
Alcoholism - rehabilitation
Humans
Life Change Events
Patient Care Planning
Recurrence
Risk Factors
Social Environment
Social Support
Street Drugs
Substance-Related Disorders - prevention & control
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
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Summary:The therapeutic process made during treatment is often negated by adverse factors in the patient's social environment. Relapse is often associated with addictive use of alcohol or other drugs by the spouse or other close personal associates. A major emphasis of every aftercare plan should be to effectively deal with these addicted individuals in the patient's environment. Ideally the adverse effects will be eliminated by successfully treating the significant other's own addiction. Failing that, other appropriate strategies should be employed to protect the patient from his or her relapse-inducing adverse influences.
ISSN:0020-773X
DOI:10.3109/10826089109058892