Drug problem, the

According to the transtheoretical model, people tend to move through different stages on the road to recovery. The beginning of the journey is the precontemplation stage, which exists prior to awareness of a drug problem. The lack... 

After the client is safe and committed to treatment, other important problems may be addressed effectively. For a client with a drug problem, the next priority is to address problems directly related to drug use behavior. These problems in the third tier may include consequences of drug use in all the domains that have been discussed in this book, or may include behaviors that contribute to drug use. Many of those behaviors that contribute to drug use may be associated with other health or mental health problems. In such instances, a treatment plan will... 

However, over time, the chronic cycles of relapse and recovery that characterize most drug careers chipped away at the hope for a relationship unfettered by the baggage of the drug problem. The hope that, this time, their son or daughter, sister of brother would become free of drugs was harder to maintain after numerous episodes in treatment and subsequent relapse. Over time it appeared to become harder to hold onto this memory of what their child or sibling had been and sadly, too, there appeared to be a leaking away of faith that this return journey could be made ... 

For children and young people whose parents had drug problems, the impact of living with the effects of drugs on their lives was instructive against entering that lifestyle ... 

This chapter considers practitioner responses to parenting and child welfare in the context of drug problems. The increased vulnerabilities of these children and the statutory framework around child protection merits a closer consideration of the ways in which practitioners think about such cases. The key question that informs this discussion is why had so few of the children described in this study been the subject of investigation The interviews with parents, with their children and with grandparents, all indicated... 

A doctor may notice a number of signs or findings during a physical exam that signal a potential drug problem. The... 

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