Intervention for relapsing adults to drugs and alcohol: Client and professional point of view
The results from the research, stipulate that between 40 and 90 percent of people that have an alcohol and/or drug addiction experience at least one or more relapses after rehabilitation services (Douaihy, Stowell, Park & Daley, 2007; Marlatt & Gordon, 1985; McLellan, 2002; Weisner, Matzger & Kaskutas, 2003). More than half of the users will be readmitted into treatment and 13 percent will use the same treatment centers five times or more. (Office of Applied Studies, 2002). The present study is used to identify the reasons why people going through relapse, choose to be readmitted to the same treatment centers, the needs of the patients, the services that are in place, as well as the professional attitude towards the patient, all or in part that keeps the users going back to use the same treatment service. The data was compiled as result from semi-structured interviews, made up of 11 clients and 10 psycho-social workers, from a public rehabilitation centre of Quebec, specializing in drug and alcohol dependence. The results suggest that the users having experienced one or more relapses require longer and more extensive treatment services. Furthermore, the results also revealed the importance of the treatment services, a supportive social network and the quality of the relationship between the clients and the professionals on the recovery of people who have experienced one or more relapses. The results of this study, conclude in many ways the need for the development and adaptation of the services available, for those who have been confronted by one or more relapses.