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Examination Of The Attitudes Towards Substance Use Treatment Approaches By Substance Use Professionals, Cameron Lacy Ortega
Examination Of The Attitudes Towards Substance Use Treatment Approaches By Substance Use Professionals, Cameron Lacy Ortega
Theses and Dissertations
This quantitative study focuses on substance use professionals and students who are seeking employment in substance use treatment or support services. The substance use treatment profession started as a group of people who were supporting each other in recovery through abstinence based practices and has developed in to a recognized profession with multiple methods of treatment approaches. Abstinence based treatment has been and continues to be the primary method of treatment preferred in the United States. Since the 1980, harm reduction increased in application in the profession, but remains a less popular method of treatment. This study examines substance use …
Mexican American Counselor And Client: Perceptions Toward Substance Use Disorders, Eluterio Blanco Jr.
Mexican American Counselor And Client: Perceptions Toward Substance Use Disorders, Eluterio Blanco Jr.
Theses and Dissertations
Over 28.6 million Americans have admitted to the ongoing use of illicit drugs and more than half of Americans are current alcohol drinkers yet a significant number of these people do not seek treatment. Trends regarding substance-related treatment have shown Hispanic drug users tend to underutilize drug and alcohol services and treatment avoidance is especially prevalent among Mexican Americans who reside along the US-Mexico border, due in part to the stigma associated with substance use. In addition, counselor attitudes as well as student counselors-in-training attitudes are showing a manifestation of the same kind of stigma toward substance use as the …