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Bright DA, Martire KA. Does Coerced Treatment of Substance‐Using Offenders Lead to Improvements in Substance Use and Recidivism? A Review of the Treatment Efficacy Literature. AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGIST 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2012.00072.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- David A Bright
- School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales
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Beraldo L, Gil F, Ventriglio A, de Andrade AG, da Silva AG, Torales J, Gonçalves PD, Bhugra D, Castaldelli-Maia JM. Spirituality, Religiosity and Addiction Recovery: Current Perspectives. Curr Drug Res Rev 2019; 11:26-32. [PMID: 29895258 DOI: 10.2174/1874473711666180612075954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Substance use disorders are an important public health problem with a multifactorial etiology and limited effective treatment options. Within this context, spirituality-based approaches may provide interesting and useful options in managing substance use disorders. This kind of intervention can have positive effects in alleviating some core symptoms associated with substance use, such as aggressiveness. Improvement in cessation rates for alcohol, cocaine and opioid use disorders have also been described in some clinical studies. However, spirituality may not play a beneficial role in some subgroups, such as among individuals with crack cocaine and cannabis use disorders. A widely available intervention for alcohol use disorders is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), which can be seen as a spirituality-based intervention. Spirituality also seems to be especially beneficial for minorities such as Latinos, African-Americans and Native-Americans. Moreover, spiritual-based interventions are also helpful alternatives in many rural environments where conventional healthcare for substance use disorders may not be easily available. However, spiritual-based interventions may be considered as a possible adjunctive therapeutic option to conventional treatments. There is a need for prospective studies outside U.S., especially where spiritual-based approaches are available. It may be difficult to carry out randomized controlled trials because of the nature of the spiritual/ religious dimensions. However, prospective studies that evaluate mediation effect of spirituality and religiosity on recovery would be helpful. Qualitative studies combined with quantitative design offer excellent options to evaluate the recovery process, especially among special populations.
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- Livia Beraldo
- Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- ABC Center for Mental Health Studies, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, Fundacao do ABC, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
- ABC Center for Mental Health Studies, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil
- Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, Fundacao do ABC, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil
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Sung HE, Chu DC. The varieties of religious experience and the retention of clients in Taiwanese faith-based residential drug user treatment. Subst Use Misuse 2013; 48:1219-32. [PMID: 24041184 DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.805597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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This study investigated whether subgroups of faith-based treatment clients displaying similar religious experiences and treatment performance can be theoretically specified and empirically identified. Highlighting the volitional dimension of the change process, four subgroups (i.e., non-Christians, baseline Christians, rededicated Christians, and newly converted Christians) were proposed according to the direction and magnitude of clients' change in religiosity during treatment. Data obtained for 707 subjects who entered a Christian residential therapeutic community program in Taiwan between 2000 and 2009 were analyzed. Results showed that the typology of religious experiences powerfully predicted treatment retention and completion. Issues of therapeutic specificity and relapse prevention are discussed and study's limitations are noted.
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- Hung-En Sung
- 1Department of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice , New York, New York , USA
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Cheney AM, Curran GM, Booth BM, Sullivan S, Stewart K, Borders TF. The Religious and Spiritual Dimensions of Cutting Down and Stopping Cocaine Use: A Qualitative Exploration Among African Americans in the South. JOURNAL OF DRUG ISSUES 2013; 44:94-113. [PMID: 25364038 DOI: 10.1177/0022042613491108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study qualitatively examines the religious and spiritual dimensions of cutting down and stopping cocaine use among African Americans in rural and urban areas of Arkansas. The analyses compare and contrast the narrative data of 28 current cocaine users living in communities where the Black church plays a fundamental role in the social and cultural lives of many African Americans, highlighting the ways that participants used religious symbols, idiomatic expression, and Biblical scriptures to interpret and make sense of their substance-use experiences. Participants drew on diverse religious and spiritual beliefs and practices, including participation in organized religion, reliance on a personal relationship with God, and God's will to cut down and stop cocaine use. Our findings suggest that culturally sensitive interventions addressing the influence of religion and spirituality in substance use are needed to reduce cocaine use and promote recovery in this at-risk, minority population.
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Lutnick A, Lorvick J, Cheng H, Wenger L, Kral AH. What's Faith Got to Do with It? Religiosity Among Women Who Use Methamphetamine. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN THE ADDICTIONS 2012; 12:189-204. [PMID: 23105919 PMCID: PMC3479673 DOI: 10.1080/1533256x.2012.674861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Religiosity is not found to be consistently protective in mental health and substance use outcomes among illicit drug users. This study examines the association between religiosity, mental health and drug use among a community-recruited sample of women who use methamphetamine. The majority of the sample (74%) had high scores of religious faith. In multivariate analysis, those with high scores had higher odds of self-reporting a mental health diagnosis and of being psychologically dependent upon methamphetamine, and were less likely to report injection risk. Further examination of the role of religiosity in the lives of women who use methamphetamine is advised.
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