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29 lip 2019 · The study found that people “with strong religious or spiritual beliefs are healthier, heal faster and live longer than those without them” and that “religion and spirituality can play a powerful role in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse and in the maintenance of sobriety” (The National Center on Addiction and Substance ...
A century ago, the medical community approached the treatment of substance use disorders as a moral failing, or a “sickness of the soul,” and used what we would consider today to be barbaric remedies includ-ing ice baths, straitjackets, isolation in padded cells, and electric shock.
8 wrz 2016 · Focus groups lasted approximately one hour and were led by a doctoral-level psychologist knowledgeable in the areas of substance-abuse treatment and spirituality research (E.R.D.), following guidelines established by an experienced focus-group moderator (P.C.).
7 cze 2022 · Download PDF. In view of its importance in helping us to understand addiction, research on psychoactive substance use in relation to religion and spirituality is now recognized as an important endeavor. However,...
24 kwi 2020 · This chapter, written from a lived religion perspective, seeks to describe how self-reported closeness to God shapes the outcome of substance dependence with the application of the Retrospective Interview Technique (RIT) (Baxter and Bullis 1986).
27 sty 2020 · Twelve Step fellowships like Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are widely available resources for clinicians to employ in their treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs). Narcotics Anonymous is oriented to abstinence from drugs of abuse, not only alcohol.
Principles of Effective Treatment. Addiction is a complex but treatable disease that affects brain function and behavior. Drugs of abuse alter the brain’s structure and function, resulting in changes that persist long after drug use has ceased.
