Substance Abuse

Substance Abuse
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Substance abuse is the case to consider treatment plan. In this case, Lindsey is of 12 years and has a habit of sequent using drugs in amounts which have led to harm to herself and also to her foster mother. A treatment plan has to be administered to her to help her recover from addiction and use of drugs. Diagnosis is the first step of treatment has to be done to her through assessments from the counselor (Segal, Morral, & Stevens, 2014). For drug use to be detected a lab test has to be done on her blood or urine. A drug counselor will use criteria in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental orders.
Individual therapy is an intervention which can be used on Lindsey. Withdrawal therapy will help her withdraw from drugs quickly and safely. The treatment can be outpatient or inpatient depending on how the patient, parent, and counselor agrees. The withdrawal therapy especially when it is impatient is a better method since coordination of counseling to even psychiatrists will help develop ways to cope with drug cravings.
Prevention is better than cure in this it tries to entail that preventing is cheaper and accessible than curing. Prevention of substance use for Lindsey is to use other ways than drug abuse to deal with pressure from life (Long, MacPherson, Verona, & Lejuez, 2015). She can also keep a balanced life where she has priority in life than destroying life. Counselling for mental illness can also aid her to prevent substance abuse, through psychiatrists and active support groups.

In conclusion, parents also play a crucial role in teenage growth. Parents can either influence an adolescent positively and negatively. Asking the foster mother to join Lindsey in her therapies will help her know the progress of her treatments. Her adoptive mother will help her develop skills in communication and be supportive of her. A long-term follow up is crucial and will prevent a relapse in Lindsey’s progress to stop substance abuse.
References
Long, K., MacPherson, L., Verona, E., & Lejuez, C. W. (2015). Relations between psychopathy factors, substance use disorders, and treatment readiness among adults in inpatient substance use treatment. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 146, e183.
Segal, B., Morral, A. R., & Stevens, S. J. (2014). Adolescent substance abuse treatment in the United States: Exemplary models from a national evaluation study. Routledge.