ABSTRACT
Clinical teams need to recognize that the patients they treat have many practical and clinical needs that go well beyond their addictive behaviors. In some 80% of addicted patients, they have co-occurring psychiatric disorders that require attention. But, it is also important to incorporate into the treatment protocol the patient’s individual and cultural resources (“in spite of behaviors”), and resilient strengths. The module uses a life-span (Timelines) approach in developing a customized collaboratively-generated treatment plan. The final “Recovery Voice” case study describes how patients can fill the “vacuum” (free time) that abstinence creates.
