UR Addiction Recovery: Slippery Places

Get a Grip in Slippery Places

A Formal Expression Series (please leave comments regarding what helps you and others in recovery):
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

This series of articles titled “UR Addiction Recovery” are my own personal experiences of life in recovery.  The following stories exemplify behaviors which help me to stay clean,

UR Addiction Recovery: Medications and Pain Management

Medications and Pain Management for the Recovering Addict  
A Formal Expression Series (please leave comments regarding what helps you and others in recovery):

Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

Every addict in recovery has their own particular path.  
When it comes to addiction recovery, in relation to specific drugs that can or should be used for medications, opinions vary.  Be it prescription or over the counter,

What are the mental health issues related to cocaine addiction and withdraw?

Cocaine-induced Disorders with Onset During Withdraw:
Mental Health Informed Addiction Information 
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

     This is a report on cocaine-induced disorders with onset during withdraw.  Cocaine is known to elicit a very strong psychological dependency.  There are many symptoms of post-acute withdraw from cocaine.

If someone is having mental health issues related to cocaine withdraw, what effective treatments are available?

Treatment for Cocaine-induced Disorders with Onset During Withdraw:  Mental Health Informed Addiction Treatment
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

“Most people with dual diagnoses report the onset of substance-use disorder later than the onset of other mental disorders.  Prospective studies confirm this temporal order, but with some mental disorders (e.g. anxiety and depression) the risk relationship is recipricol, with these mental disorders predicting increased risk of later substance abuse, and vice versa.

When addiction counselors, therapists and other human services professionals develop a drug problem, what can we do to help?

Mental Health Professionals and Substance Abuse:

“Is there a relation between social work and drug abuse among professionals?”

Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

      Taking the ecological model into account, we are presented with a situation where mental health professionals live daily with factors which contribute to substance abuse vulnerability.

When a parent struggles with drug addiction.

Parental Substance Abuse: Family Assessment & Treatment

Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

The issue of substance abuse disorders within a family, and its effect on family systems, is a testament to the usefulness of ecological theory in social work practice.  “An ecological model of causation, which seeks to understand the transactions between the person and the environment, offers a more robust model for describing the addictive process and its effects

When parents struggle with drug addiction, what effective help is available?

Parental Substance Abuse Treatment: Family Treatment
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

     There are several essential factors regarding family recovery, in treatment planning for a substance abusing parent.  Once a substance abuse disorder has been diagnosed in a parent, client-specific treatment methods can be found.

When teenagers struggle with drug abuse or addiction, what can we do to help?

Teen Substance Abuse: Observations & Treatment 
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

     Teens can find substance abuse treatment in different ways for various reasons.  One of the biggest motivating factors for young adults is our legal system.  A study in 2002 showed most adolescents (53%) seeking treatment were referred by the criminal justice system, 17% were self referral, and 11% were referred by schools.

1A Addiction treatment program for teen dual-diagnosis populations.

Treatment Program for Marijuana-dependent Teens who display symptoms of Schitzophrenia:  The We Recover for Life Program
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

Abstract
     In recent years, it has become apparent that many people suffering from the disease of addiction have also been diagnosed with mental illness.

Can alternative therapeutic techniques be used for addiction treatment?

Expressive Arts Therapy:  Art Therapy for Addiction Treatment
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

“In contrast to the impact of dysfunctional and broken families, parental drug and alcohol abuse, or neglect, art education may seem inconsequential.  Yet, evidence suggests this may not be so.

1A Addiction & dual-diagnosis treatment, art therapy intervention.

Art Therapy Intervention for Dual Diagnosis Treatment:
Recovery Map
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

“Art therapy can often assist a chemically dependent individual to work through defense mechanisms that distort his or her sense of self and life circumstances.

1A Addiction & dual-diagnosis treatment, art therapy program.

Art Therapy Program for Addiction & Mental Health Recovery:
Art Expression Group
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

    Art Expression Group is an art course for people in recovery from addiction and or other mental conditions.

1A Addiction treatment program

Substance Abuse Treatment Program:  SOBER Group
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

“The effectiveness of treatment is positively related to the length of time that clients spend in treatment.”(Prendergast, 2000)  This document is a proposal for a fifteen week outpatient substance abuse treatment program.