Perceptions about Recovery Needs and Drug-Avoidance Recovery Behaviors among Youth in Substance Abuse Treatment
Autor: | M. Douglas Anglin, Christina Zavalza, Deborah C. Glik, Rachel Gonzales |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Drug medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders media_common.quotation_subject Health Behavior Medicine (miscellaneous) Article Culture change Perception medicine Humans Psychiatry General Psychology media_common Extramural Focus group Female Health behavior Psychology Substance abuse treatment After treatment Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 45:297-303 |
ISSN: | 2159-9777 0279-1072 |
Popis: | This study used mixed methods to explore youth attitudes about recovery-related needs and important drug-avoidance behaviors after treatment.Focus groups were conducted with 118 substance using youth in treatment (four residential and 10 outpatient settings) throughout Los Angeles County.The average age was 17.4 (SD = 2.9); 78.3% were male, 66.1% Latino; and most were in treatment for primary marijuana (40.9%) or methamphetamine (30.4%) abuse. Quantitatve results from the drug-avoidance activity survey identified the following factors youth rated as important to their recovery after treatment: lifestyle improvement activities (95.7%); changing personal drug behaviors (89.6%); drug environment/culture change activities (82.5%); with the least important being therapeutic activities (78.5%). Qualitative findings from focus groups that asked what youth think are important for recovery programs to address after treatment revealed the following four areas: (1) recovery promotion to developmentally appropriate activities (95%); (2) facilitating the use of coping skills to deal with stress (85%); (3) offering alternative recovery support options (not just abstinence only) (75%); and (4) continuing to provide substance use education (65%).Findings highlight essential aspects of recovery in terms of need and drug-avoidance behaviors considered important to youth in treatment. Such information will help to better address clinical and recovery support models aimed at relapse prevention to ensure that the perceived problems of substance-abusing youth are adequately met. |
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