Describe the optimal drug abuse treatment program In your di

Describe the optimal drug abuse treatment program. In your discussion include personal, family, career, medical, and legal problems that the individual affected by drug addiction might have.

Solution

Legal Problems and Drug Abuse

Counselor or treatment group identifying the primary thinking errors they observe

Instructing the client to begin self-monitoring when these occur (journaling)

Providing regular feedback to the client, usually from peers in a treatment group

Family Problems and Drug Abuse

Involving the family in an offender\'s treatment can be a positive source of support.

Inmates can develop a false sense of “healing” of family problems from having reduced and controlled contact with family.

Extended family visitation can be used as a reward for good behavior

On release, inmates often find that preexisting family problems are still present and often worse.

Career problems:

Addiction counselors keep the patient and the family of the patient up to date on treatment information, drug information and the progress being made.

Mental illness is often intertwined with substance abuse and should be treated by such professionals.

Medical problems:

Detoxification

Screening and assessment

Treatment for co-occurring mental disorders

Treatment for physical health issues

Family-related services such as visitation, childcare, and reunification

Case management