Which Treatment Would Be Most Appropriate or a Person With a Long History of Serious Drug Abuse? Look Below?
Question by 15yearold: Which treatment would be most appropriate or a person with a long history of serious drug abuse? Look below?
Is it: Drug counseling, Maintenance therapy, A stay at a therapeutic community, or Medication therapy?
Oh my God what is wrong with you people. I am looking for only one of the answers. This is a question that I need to know for my Health Final tomorrow and my teacher took away our books. I am not a drug user (actually I am far from that). Just please give me one of the choices provided. How hard is that?
Best answer:
Answer by millie joe
Living at a therapeutic community can be beneficial. It encompasses all that you mentioned; drug counseling, medication therapy, vocational counseling, parenting, loss and berevement. It is about identifying problems and learning skills to cope with them.
Answer by Royce Ann M
First you have to want to quit! Going through detox is a lot easier than dong it all alone. Then go to a rehab or to counseling. The thing that is most tuff is get out of your present enviorment even if it is your own family that is enabling you.
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