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Trauma-Informed Treatment For Alcohol Use Disorder: Improving Long-Term Recovery, Aline M. Bales
Trauma-Informed Treatment For Alcohol Use Disorder: Improving Long-Term Recovery, Aline M. Bales
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Background: This DNP project aimed to assess the feasibility of implementing trauma-informed care to Ria Health's telehealth AUD MAT recovery treatment model for patients with co-occurring PTSD, targeting high relapse rates due to cravings. Trauma-informed care addresses traumatic histories that can potentiate emotional dysregulation leading to maladaptive coping responses manifesting as cravings with addiction memory.
Methods: An integrated review assessed the prevalence of co-occurrence of AUD and PTSD, assessed interest in Ria Health patients, patients recruited from Ria Health if they mentioned cravings, offered concurrent trauma-informed care with medicated assisted treatment for 16-20 sessions, trauma-informed care used Polyvagal Theory techniques …