ABSTRACT
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Drug addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder.
Patients come to drug treatment because they are eager to achieve drug abstinence.
Drug treatment only treats drug-use problems. Hence, there is no need to assess patients’ functioning in other areas of life.
The Addiction Severity Index is the instrument most used for patient assessment.
The American Society of Addiction Medicine Patient Placement Criteria is used for
diagnosing psychiatric disorders. 6. After patients have been successfully detoxified, they are unlikely to relapse because
they are no longer physically dependent on the drug.
7.Methadone maintenance is an effective treatment for heroin abuse. at intake
Day treatment is designed for treating adolescents with cocaine disorder.
It is important to develop and implement a treatment plan for the patient at intake and to make reassessments and revised plans regularly throughout the treatment.
Urine monitoring should apply only to criminal justice referrals as they have the least motivation for drug treatment. 11. Most therapeutic community programs rely on pharmacotherapy for treating drug abuse disorders.
Many patients don’t stay to complete their treatment; this is usually because they are able to quit on their own.
Treatment retention is positively related to treatment outcome.
Drug addicts are criminals, and it is impossible for drug treatment counselors to establish a positive, therapeutic relationship with them.
Aftercare programs are for those losers who cannot remain drug-free.
