Alcohol abuse

Alcohol Abuse Treatment

The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of diverse topics and issues related to alcohol abuse treatment. With such varied of treatment approaches, this work explains basic differences between treatments, how they are conducted and the economical and personals cost- benefits of the most traditional treatments for alcohol abuse in the market. Based on literature as such as the Project MATCH Research, publications of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and publications of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) and other references, the author intend to answer the question: is there a treatment that is more effective than others?
Types of Treatment Programs According to publication series 13 and 45 of the Treatment Improvement Protocol of the Center for Substance Abuse published by SAMHSA, the field of addiction has no uniform criteria to guide proper patient placement. The most known criteria for placement are based on levels of care determined by chemical involvement, intensively of service provided and overall clinical severity. The four levels of care are: Intensive Inpatient (medically managed, have full resources of a general hospital, indicated when there is severe medical and/or psychiatric issues); Residential or Impatient ( 24 hours medically monitored, indicated for moderate medical and psychiatric problems); Intermediate or Intensive Outpatient Program – IOP (patient does not live in the same facility as the one where treatment is received, the program consists in more than nine regular scheduled therapeutic sessions) and Outpatient (same as IOP but with less than nine sessions). In order to match patients individually to a variety of treatment modalities and levels of care, it is very important to have an accurate assessment for diagnosis, admission and treatment plan to ensure access to quality treatment and conserve healthcare resources.