Madson, Michael & Schumacher, Julie & Baer, John & Martino, Steve. (2016). Motivational Interviewing for Substance Use: Mapping Out the Next Generation of Research. Journal of Substance AbuseTreatment. 65. 10.1016/j.jsat.2016.02.003.
Harmful use of alcohol kills more than 3 million people each year. 35 million people are estimated to be suffering from drug use disorders. Tobacco contributes to the death of more than 8 million people a year around the world.
It is important that people who have substance use problems receive interventions that are of high quality, ethical and have strong evidence-base.
Motivational interviewing (MI) can be used as a psychological treatment that aims to help people cut down or stop using substances.
Typically, a counsellor who is trained in MI works with a client to support them making...
Opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the U.S. has been steadily increasing over the last two decades. In 2017 alone, 2.1 million Americans suffered from opioid use disorder (OUD), and 47,600 died from opioid overdose.
Predictably, the damage done to individuals with OUD involved in the criminal justice system has been even more devastating. Drug overdose is among the leading causes of death for persons reentering society after incarceration, with most of those overdoses attributed to opioids.
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the number of new terms, theories, and practices you are learning. With all of the clinical information, you are consuming it can be easy to gloss over the concepts of transference and countertransference.
You know it makes sense that as a clinician you may be triggered by a client or you remind the client of someone they know. You may feel it’s common sense and it will be easy to identify in the clinical setting. However, transference and countertransference can be the areas that cause the most significant issues for you as a clinician. Here is why these...
OARS is a skills-based, client-centered model of interactive techniques. These skills include verbal and non-verbal responses and behaviors that need to be culturally sensitive and appropriate. This model integrates the five principles of providing quality counseling from the QFP recommendations. Using these skills will help establish and maintain rapport with your client, assess your client’s needs, and personalize your counseling and education responses.
OARS is a skill-based model of interactions adapted from a client-centered approach used in Motivational Interviewing. These skill-based techniques include verbal and non-verbal responses and behaviors. Both verbal and non-verbal techniques need to be adapted to be culturally sensitive and appropriate.
OARS stands for:
O = Open Ended Questions
A = Affirmations
R = Reflections
S = Summaries
As a health care professional it is your role to utilize each of these skills with intention.
To be intentional is the rationale for you to choose a specific response at a specific time. Without...
L’entrevue motivationnelle fournit une base pour aider les individus à développer la justification pour commencer un changement dans leur vie. Cette ressource fournit des informations de base sur les principes de communication à l’aide de l’entrevue motivationnelle.
Entretien motivationnel : les bases, OARS (Adapté de documents de David Rosengren et de Miller & Rollnick, Motivational Interviewing, 2e édition, 2002 )
L’entretien motivationnel est une « approche de conseil empathique, centrée sur la personne, qui prépare les gens au changement en les aidant à résoudre l’ambivalence, à améliorer...
Interoceptive dysfunction, or a lack of body/sensory awareness processing, is common among people with substance use disorders. This webinar will describe the importance of body awareness/interoceptive skills, using Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy (MABT), for promoting emotion regulation...
This webinar next week might be of interest. I have collaborated with Dr. Williams in the past. The results described are evidence that medication needs to be provided for a long time - probably indefinitely for people with OUD.
This paper presents the results of a study on the factors promoting the rehabilitation of adolescents treated for paco addiction, from the point of view of resilience, i.e. the understanding and ability to cope with life's difficulties, overcome them and be transformed positively by them. A cross-sectional study was conducted with key informants and the application of quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection with the aim of identifying resilient areas in young people under treatment for paco addiction in the village 21/24, in Barracas ( Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2010). The...
INL just released a video on its efforts to support prevention, treatment and recovery worldwide in this short video in support of recognizing recovery month
BU School of Public Health Highlight from SPH Reads, a school-wide program hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The 2019 selection, nominated by the Queer Alliance, is The Desire to Heal: A Doctor’s Education in Empathy, Identity, and Poetry, by Rafael Campo. A memoir published in 1997...
Fuente: Verdejo-García, A. (2016). Evaluación neuropsicológica en adicciones: guía clínica [Neuropsychological assessment in addiction: A clinical guideline]. Acción Psicológica, 13(1), 1-6. doi:https://doi.org/10.5944/ap.13.1.17392 Resumen El objetivo de este artículo de opinión es proporcionar...
Admitting that you, or someone you care about has a chemical-dependency problem isn’t easy. How do you know when drinking or drugs have gotten out of hand? Join us as we interview Cleveland Clinic section head of the Alcohol & Drug Recovery Center, David Streem, MD. We will be taking your questions...
Morton Substance AbuseTreatment, Prevention, and Policy (2019) 14:33 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-019-0221-6
Abstract
Background
The spatial distribution of substance use services impacts their use, with greater access to services associated with more positive outcomes. Findings from availability of primary healthcare indicate service shortages exist in areas characterized by social deprivation. This study investigated whether community social deprivation was associated with a lack of availability of substance use treatment or mutual aid recovery support services.
Methods
This is an ecological analysis investigating the availability of substance use services at a community level in the state of...
From 23-31 July 2019, a team of master trainers from Central Asia attended the Regional Training of Trainers for Central Asia held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The training was organized by Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) within the framework of UNODC joint capacity building activity with Colombo Plan.
There were 14 regional master trainers from five Central Asia countries trained on the two following Advanced UTC courses:
Course 14: Working with Families with Substance Use Disorders (SUD)
From 15-21 July 2019 team of national trainers from Turkmenistan attended the National Training of Trainers held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
There were 12 representatives of drug dependence treatment service of the Ministry of Health of Turkmenistan and non-profit organizations (ICAP 1 holders) trained on the two following courses of Advanced Level UTC:
Course 12: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Course 15: Managing Co-Occurring Disorders
Trainer-led presentations, small-group and reflective exercises, role-plays and case study discussions helped participants to improve their knowledge and...
This webinar is part 3 of a 3-part webinar series on Stimulant Use Disorder, sponsored by the Northwest and Great Lakes ATTCs. While the first two installments of this webinar series focused on effective treatment strategies and models for addressing stimulant use disorders, this last installment...
This webinar is part 2 of a 3-part webinar series on Stimulant Use Disorder, sponsored by the Northwest and Great Lakes ATTCs. This webinar featured a panel of providers presenting their experiences with effective treatment strategies and evidence-based practices for working with individuals with...
