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Instead, many addiction counselors were tied to a twelve-step model with less research support. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a federally funded organisation aiding scientific research into addiction has supported CRAFT intervention techniques among others. [29] In 2007, CRAFT was being used in 25 clinics in the United States. [30]
The Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) is an integrative approach to individual psychotherapy developed by Richard C. Schwartz in the 1980s. [1][2] It combines systems thinking with the view that the mind is made up of relatively discrete subpersonalities, each with its own unique viewpoint and qualities.
Alcoholism in family systems. Alcoholism in family systems refers to the conditions in families that enable alcoholism and the effects of alcoholic behavior by one or more family members on the rest of the family. Mental health professionals are increasingly considering alcoholism and addiction as diseases that flourish in and are enabled by ...
Multisystemic therapy (MST) is a home and community based intervention for juvenile offenders and is used predominately to address violent offending, sex offending, delinquency, and substance abuse. [7] In this intensive intervention, at least one team of two to four therapists and a therapist supervisor provides around 60 to 100 hours of ...
An additional cognitively-based model of substance use recovery has been offered by Aaron Beck, the father of cognitive therapy and championed in his 1993 book Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse. [64] This therapy rests upon the assumption addicted individuals possess core beliefs, often not accessible to immediate consciousness (unless the ...
This research led to the development of reliable screening tools for substance use, such as the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test, the CAGE, and the Drug Abuse Screening Test. [10] Research also extended to understanding the best mode of administration of such screening assessments, as part of a clinician interview via a questionnaire, or ...
Katherine Ortega Courtney is an American psychologist and author who co-developed the 100% Community model, a theoretical framework designed to guide the state and local work of preventing two interrelated public health and education challenges: adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adverse social determinants of health (SDH).
Adolescent community reinforcement approach. The adolescent community reinforcement approach ( A-CRA) is a behavioral treatment for alcohol and other substance use disorders that helps youth, young adults, and families improve access to interpersonal and environmental reinforcers to reduce or stop substance use.