Introduction This week benchmark focus on treatment interventions that are commonly used substance use disorder treatment approaches. Because, every treatment approach may not apply to the use of substance use disorder. An overview of some treatment approaches to addiction counseling may will be discussed. Along with the treatment differences for each, the method and rationale, the treatment professionals that are involved in addiction counseling. Treatment approaches to addiction counseling is very important because some type of addiction affects more than half of our population.
Overview of Treatment Approaches to Addictions Counseling There are several commonly empirically researched substance use disorders treatments for addictions …show more content…
Based on Jhanjee article, BIs are brief opportunistic interventions that are applied to clients using substances and MI is a set of practices for promoting the behavior of change. Although both treatment approaches may be used collaboratively as evidence-based treatment approaches for substance use disorder; they are both quite different on the terms of the use of each treatment approach. Brief interventions are short, direct, and is combined of several interviewing strategies to aid to the effectiveness of the approach. Interventions such as BASICS and Brief Alcohol screening (David Capuzzi, 2016). Motivational interviewing includes several skills to assess change and is considered “most effective when combined with other standardized psychosocial interventions” (Jhanjee, 2014). Unlike Brief interventions motivational interviewing contains approaches shaped around “behavioral aspects of positive reframing, empathy, and reflective listening’ (David Capuzzi, 2016). And Brief interventions targets problematic or risky use and evaluates client need to change, rather than their motivation to …show more content…
They include a Professional Addiction Interventionist, Psychiatrist, Therapist and then a Social Worker. A professional addiction interventionist role is to help addicts get into treatment and help families gain control of their lives, through treatment. Their job is to convince the addict to get treatment, counselors coordinate with them because they can aide to the process of pushing the client into treatment. A Psychiatrist role is to evaluate the client situation, diagnose the client and treat the client mental health and substance disorders. Because substance use disorders aids to one’s mental ability. Psychiatrist role includes providing medication and mental therapy support through client needs. Therapist role involves them following the behavior of the client and providing individual and family therapy to aid to the healing process and provide the boundaries of a comfortable setting. Therapist contribute to the client awareness of what’s going on, their growth through the problem, and their psychological development through the process. And the role of a social work covers the mental health and substance abuse because it goes collectively together for substance use disorder. The social worker role in treatment would be to have an ongoing clinical relationship with clients in treatment problems, while working with the individual families, friends and community. A professional