Homework: Psychotherapy for Addictive Disorders
A long-standing debate has roiled over whether addicts have a choice over their behaviors. The disease creates distortions in thinking, feelings, and perceptions, which drive people to behave in ways that are not understandable to others around them. Simply put, addiction is not a choice. Addictive behaviors are a manifestation of the disease, not a cause.
-Dr. Raju Hajela, former president of the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine
A common misconception is that addiction is a choice, and addicts are often labeled as individuals who lack morals, willpower, or responsibility. However, addiction is a clinical disorder that must be treated with the support of a health care professional. Although many people who are exposed to potentially addictive substances and behaviors continue life unaltered by their experiences, some people are fueled by these experiences and spiral out of control. In your role as the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, you must be prepared to not only work with these individuals who struggle with addiction but also help them and their families overcome the social stigmas associated with addictive behavior.
You will assess a research article on psychotherapy for clients with addictive disorders. You also examine therapies for treating these clients and consider potential outcomes. Finally, you will discuss how therapy treatment will translate into your clinical practice.
Objectives
1) Analyze literature on interventions and therapeutic approaches used for treating clients with addictive disorders
2) Evaluate the application of current literature on addiction treatment to clinical practice
Task
In 5 to 10 slides PowerPoint presentation, address the following. Your title and references slides do not count toward the 5 to 10 slides limit.
1) Provide an overview of the article you selected.
a) What population (individual, group, or family) is under consideration?
b) What was the specific intervention that was used? Is this a new intervention or one that was already studied?
c) What were the author's claims?
2) Explain the findings/outcomes of the study in the article. Include whether this will translate into practice with your own clients. If so, how? If not, why?
3) Explain whether the limitations of the study might impact your ability to use the findings/outcomes presented in the article.
4) Use the Notes function of PowerPoint to craft presenter notes to expand upon the content of your slides.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.