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An exploration of Focusing-oriented Therapy for Addictions
This study aims to provide the first systematic explication of focusing-oriented
therapy for clients with addiction. It begins with basic principles from the
Philosophy of the Implicit – experience, interaction, focaling and carrying forward -
outlining their significance in psychopathology and therapy. General focusingoriented
therapy is examined in terms of five client tasks and four therapist
responses. A focusing-oriented view of addiction is then developed in terms of
phenomena that, socially and personally, deal with unacceptable experience
through ‘process-skipping, ‘flailing’ and the use of a ‘carapace.’ Three core tasks
of focusing-oriented therapy for recovery are proposed. These help a client stand
aside from the addictive carapace, carry forward underlying existential dilemmas
and discover a new way of being-in-the-world. Five further recovery ‘avenues’ are
identified using experiential aspects of mainstream treatments for addiction and
experiential recovery tasks are suggested for them. These understandings of
addiction and focusing-oriented therapy for recovery are illustrated in two
substantial case studies of therapy in a mainstream drug and alcohol treatment
agency. Proposals are made suggesting a greater significance for experiential
therapy in addiction treatment
Medical students' attitudes towards the addictions
Background: The need for medical students to engage with patients with addictive problems is projected to increase in coming years. There will also be a concomitant greater emphasis on community-based learning. The present study assessed the impact of a community based teaching initiative, the Student Selected Component (SSC) Lay and Professional Perspectives on the Addictions, on students' attitudes to these groups.
Summary of Work: The SSC is assessed by a final student report which includes a self-reflective section. The free text data from this section of 28 qualitative reports over 7 years was analysed using content analysis.
Summary of Results: Students were clear they believed the experience of the SSC had increased their understanding of both the psychological and social complexity related to the addictions and the role of medicine within this.
Conclusions: We discovered that the SSC Lay and Professional Perspectives on the Addictions not only gave students first-hand experience of those suffering from and treating addictive problems, but also had a positive effect on their attitude towards this group
ADDICTIONS SUBSTANCE FREE DURING LIFESPAN
The addictions substance free is an umbrella definition comprises internet addiction, sexual addiction, gambling pathological, workholism, videogames and computer addiction. Actually, the technological addictions is frequent in young adolescents. The term Digital Natives indicates the children born in an information system of learning and communication different from that of the generations previous. This temporal range was strongly characterized by growing presence of technological communication toolsin daily life. The effects of hyper-exposition to technological tools tend to create a relational virtuality without a body is born,therefore, already within the family ties and during adolescence he moved to the digital socialization network. The technological object it interacts between the adolescent and the world of peers and adults, becoming the facilitator object that as the psychotropic substance, it conveys new modes of communicatio
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Common myths in the behavioral addiction field
There is no shortage of controversy and debates within the field of behavioral addiction. In this paper, five myths are outlined concerning various behavioral addictions. These are: (i) behavioral addictions can occur concurrently, (ii) addictions such as videogame addiction are associated with other comorbidities and are therefore not separate disorders, (iii) 'addictions' are equivalent to 'disorders' in DSM-5 and ICD-11 nomenclature, (iv) very excessive behaviors are addictions, and (v) socially condoned excessive activities and activities engaged in willfully cannot be classed as behavioral addictions. It is argued that views based on these myths depend upon how behavioral addictions are defined in the first place It is concluded that any behavior which has severe and longstanding clinical impairment and comprising core components of addiction (i.e., salience, conflict, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, and relapse) should be conceptualized as a behavioral addiction
The employment effects of terminating disability benefits
This paper examines the employment of individuals in the United States who lost disability insurance eligibility after the 1996 removal of drug and alcohol addictions as qualifying conditions.
Abstract
Few Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries return to the labor force, making it hard to assess their likely employment in the absence of benefits. Using administrative data, I examine the employment of individuals who lost DI eligibility after the 1996 removal of drug and alcohol addictions as qualifying conditions. Approximately 22 percent started working at levels that would have disqualified them for DI, an employment response that is large relative to their work histories. Those who received DI for 2-3 years had the largest response, suggesting that a period of public assistance may maximize the employment of some disabled individuals
Codependence with hypersexual and gambling disorder
Background:
The risks of behavioral addictions are well documented. There are biological, medical, social, spiritual, psychological, and safety risks to the individual as well as risks, like ripple effects, to the family and friends with whom the individual with behavioral addictions lives. The phenomenon of collateral damage from addictions, especially alcoholism and substance dependence, is well documented.
Aims and methods:
A selected review of the literature reveals little regarding the risks of collateral damage, in particular codependence, from behavioral addictions on non-addicted family and friends.
Results:
This article theoretically posits the existence of codependence to those with two well documented and researched behavioral addictions, hypersexual and gambling disorder, using the biopsychosocial lens.
Conclusions:
Addictions professionals are encouraged to revisit the literature on codependence and consider its influence on family and friends of those with behavioral addictions when providing services
Addictions Content Published in Counseling Journals: A 10-Year Content Analysis to Inform Research and Practice
This content analysis includes 210 articles that focused on addictions topics published between January 2005 and December 2014 in the journals of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), Chi Sigma Iota (CSI), the American Counseling Association (ACA), and ACA member divisions. Results include the types of addictions content and behaviors studied as well as the populations and data analytic techniques used in the addictions research articles. Whereas most articles discussed addictions counseling techniques, addictions issues among non-clinical populations, and professional practice issues, fewer articles addressed clients in treatment, utilized clinical populations, or analyzed intervention outcomes. Implications for addictive behaviors and addictions counseling scholarship in professional counseling are discussed
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