PCN-531 DQ 1.1

 

 

 

Assessment Description

Read the Family’s Role in Addiction and Recovery. Compare the characteristics of the drinking stage and the transition stage of recovery. How are the treatment goals and interventions similar? How are they different?

What are some issues or factors that can increase or decrease the likelihood of a positive treatment outcome with a family dealing with a member who has a substance use disorder?

 

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This discussion question meets the following NASAC Standards:

 6) Appreciate the importance of family, social networks, and community systems in the treatment and recovery process.

10) Describe a variety of helping strategies for reducing the negative effects of substance abuse and dependency.

95) Understand the characteristics and dynamics of families, couples, and intimate dyads affected by addiction.

96) Be familiar with and appropriately use models of diagnosis and intervention for families, couples, and intimate dyads, including extended, kinship, or tribal family structures.

97) Facilitate the engagement of selected members of the family, couple, or intimate dyed in the treatment and recovery process.

98) Help members of the family, couple, or intimate dyed understand the interaction between their system and addiction.

99) Help families, couples, and intimate dyads adopt strategies and behaviors that sustain recovery and maintain healthy relationships.

104) Describe how addiction affects families and significant/concerned others.

105) Describe continuum of care resources that are available to significant/concerned others.

 

 

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