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Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (ICBT) for Co-Occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorders
Published in Anka A. Vujanovic, Sudie E. Back, Posttraumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders, 2019
Elizabeth C. Saunders, Mark P. McGovern, Christy Capone, Jessica Hamblen
Sandy’s PCL score dropped from 76 to 43 from pre- to post-ICBT treatment. In addition, confirmed by frequent toxicology sampling, she did not use opioids, alcohol, or other mood-altering substances. The counselor who referred her to ICBT reports that Sandy continues to use the skills she learned in the therapy and in fact talks about these techniques with the other women in her sober living house.
Recovery: Measurement, Support and Retention
Published in Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 2023
Regina B. Baronia, Zach Sneed, Susan E. Bergeson
Next, Truby and Raistrick’s group developed the Addiction Recovery Questionnaire from addiction-focused service users, and their families and friends. This research was conducted in the UK. This instrument is able to classify people to different stages of recovery from addiction. This classification also allows for monitoring change and outcomes in components of lifestyle, involvement with substance and self-confidence. Polcin and colleagues present research on Sober Living Houses using the social model recovery approach to assess their social and physical environments. Kimball’s group presented a phenomenological study of the lived experiences of meaningful relationships among people in recovery. In their qualitative study, the overarching theme of capacity for meaningful relationships included four emergent themes.
President’s message
Published in Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2023
Marla D. Kushner, Natalie Polechonski
Considering the two patient’s cases, there are clear similarities as well as some differences to be noted. Both men are in their early to mid-thirties and have been diagnosed with opioid use disorder and are currently being treated with Buprenorphine/Naloxone film. Both resided in sober living and have also been diagnosed with a mental illness. One of these men is thriving and manages his sober living house. He can see a psychiatrist and a therapist weekly and finally feels he is correctly diagnosed with proper medication. The other man is no longer in sober living, struggling with his sobriety, and has not been able to receive mental health services. The stark difference between these two patients and their stories is their insurance. One of these patient’s has private insurance and the other patient has public insurance, which has significantly affected his access to behavioral health treatment and is currently on a waiting list that is at least 3 months long. Unfortunately, this story is not uncommon, as one survey demonstrated that over 50% of their national study population noted financial problems as a barrier to care for treatment of mental illnesses.12
Women in sober living: baseline characteristics and their associations with reasons for leaving
Published in Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 2022
Amy R. Krentzman, Monica Sharratt, Kristin A. Mannella, Katherine T. Foster, Svetlana Yarosh, Jennifer M. Jester
Sober living houses are substance-free residences for individuals recovering from substance use disorders (SUDs) (Polcin & Henderson, 2008; Reif et al., 2014; Wittman, 1993). Sober living is most often accessed after residential or inpatient SUD treatment (Reif et al., 2014) and facilitates the gradual transition from higher intensity professional services to community-based supports (Jason et al., 2011). While sober living has been shown to increase rates of abstinence and employment and to reduce substance use and legal problems (Reif et al., 2014), gender disparities exist in both the general SUD literature (Brady & Randall, 1999; Greenfield et al., 2007; Tuchman, 2010; Wechsberg et al., 1998) and the sober living literature (Belyaev-Glantsman et al., 2011; Coleman et al., 2018; Ortiz et al., 2009; Polcin et al., 2012) that suggest that women are at greater risk throughout the SUD continuum of use, addiction, treatment, and sober living.