What Helps People Stay In Treatment ?

What Helps People Stay In Treatment ?

Since successful outcomes often depend upon retaining the person long enough to gain the full benefits of treatment, strategies for keeping an individual in the program are critical. Whether a patient stays in treatment de pends on factors associated with both the individual and the program. Individual factors related to engagement and retention include motivation to change drug-using behavior, degree of support from family and friends, and whether there is pressure to stay in treatment from the criminal justice system, child protection services , employers, or the family. Within the program, successful counselors are able to establish a positive, therapeutic relationship with the patient. The counselor should ensure that a treatment plan is established and followed so that the individual knows what to expect during treatment . Medical , psychiatric , and social services should be available.

Since some individual problems (such as serious mental illness , sever e cocaine or crack use, and criminal involvement ) increase the likelihood of a patient dropping out, intensive treatment with a range of components may be required to retain patients who have these problems . The provider then should ensure a transition to continuing care or “aftercare” following the patient’s completion of formal treatment.


Sunil Kumar                                  Jayasudha Kamaraj
Clinical Psychologist                     Counseling Psychologist
Founder - Mind Zone                     Co-founder, Mind /zone
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Why Can’t Drug Addicts Quit On Their Own?

Why Can’t Drug Addicts Quit On Their Own?

Nearly all addicted individuals believe in the beginning that they can stop using drugs on their own, and most try to stop without treatment. However, most of these attempts result in failure to achieve long-term abstinence. Research has shown that long-term drug use results in significant changes in brain function that persist long after the individual stops using drugs. These drug induced changes in brain function may have many behavioral consequences, including the compulsion to use drugs despite adverse consequences—the defining characteristic of addiction.

Understanding that addiction has such an important biological component may help explain an individual ’s difficulty in achieving and maintaining abstinence without treatment . Psychological stress from work or family problems, social cues (such as meeting individuals from one’s drug-using past), or the environment (such as encountering streets , objects , or even smells associated with drug use) can interact with biological factors to hinder attainment of sustained abstinence and make rela pse more likely. Research studies indicate that even the most severely addicted individuals can participate actively in treatment and that active participation is essential to good outcomes.


sunil kumar                                           jayasudha kamaraj
clinical psychologist                             counseling psychologist
founder - mind zone                              co-founder, Mind zone
+91 9444297058                                   +91 9176055660

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