Addiction Therapy

PowerPoint Presentation on Therapeutic Approaches for Treating Addictive Disorders

To prepare:

Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide about diagnosing and treating addictive disorders. As you watch the 187 Models of Treatment for Addiction video, consider what treatment model you may use the most with clients presenting with addiction. (Addiction Therapy)

Search the Walden Library databases and choose a research article that discusses a therapeutic approach for treating clients, families, or groups with addictive disorders.

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The Assignment

In a 5- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation, address the following. Your title and references slides do not count toward the 5- to 10-slide limit.

Provide an overview of the article you selected.

What population (individual, group, or family) is under consideration?

What was the specific intervention that was used? Is this a new intervention or one that was already studied?

What were the author’s claims?

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Explain the findings/outcomes of the study in the article. Include whether this will translate into practice with your own clients. If so, how? If not, why?

Explain whether the limitations of the study might impact your ability to use the findings/outcomes presented in the article.

Use the Notes function of PowerPoint to craft presenter notes to expand upon the content of your slides.

Support your response with at least three other peer-reviewed, evidence-based sources. Explain why each of your supporting sources is considered scholarly.

Provide references to your sources on your last slide. Be sure to include the article you used as the basis for this Assignment.

Must have 4 peer-reviewed journals (ones with methods, designs, and results). Also, must have presenter notes in the note section of PowerPoint. 5-10 slides!

References

American Psychological Association. (2019). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). American Psychological Association. https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2016). Treatment improvement protocol (TIP) series, No. 63. https://store.samhsa.gov/product/Treatment-Improvement-Protocol-TIP-63-Strategies-for-Substance-Abuse-Prevention-and-Early-Intervention-for-Young-People/PEP16-01-01-005
Van Der Meer, H. H., Veldhuijzen, I. W., & Bouchery, E. E. (2016). Cost-effectiveness of brief interventions for alcohol and drug abuse. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 11, 1-10. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4831262/
Kelly, J. F., & Westerhoff, C. M. (2010). Does it matter how we refer to individuals with substance use disorders? The relationship between the language we use and public attitudes. Substance Use & Misuse, 45(3), 512-525. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/10826080903245568

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