SCS 200 Week 5. 5-3 Discussion Explaining a Concept Involuntary vs. Voluntary Drug Treatment and its outcome. To effectively communicate with my audience not only will have to define, I will also provide some history and use an anecdote of my personal experiences to connect with my audience. One of the concepts that I will use from page 3 of learning block 5-3 is Defining and Simplifying.
The number of drugs being used within the United States has been on a rampant incline over the last 5 years. It is shaking the Nation. There is much research being done and many questions that are simply left unanswered.
To be honest, I thought this was going to be a cut and dry statistic. I really thought those that went to voluntary treatment would have a better success rate than those who
involuntarily had to take the treatment. As per, https://archives.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol20N6/Court.html, "Arrest rate falls and employment rate rises after just one year." This was from the mandated treatment page. Though the studies do go back and forth with which one is the better treatment option, it seems to focus on the involuntary drug treatment having the best result long term. This still surprises me. I naturally assumed that voluntary drug treatment would have the best results long term. If you set your mind to something, usually you would achieve it and stick with it as opposed to being forced to do it. But I guess this is not really the case.
In two different studies, the results are very different. "Fewer mandated (45 percent) than voluntary patients (58 percent) met the standard clinical criteria for drug addiction within the first year. Voluntary patients more frequently recognized their addictions, connected them to other problems, and reported a readiness to change." Maybe it is possible that their results are biased or influenced by geography. "After the first year, mandated patients showed arrest rates like those of their No-JSI peers (about 20 percent) and lower than those of their JSI, voluntary treatment, peers (32 percent) at the 2-year follow up."
It the treatment more successful when it is involuntary coerced treatment? Or, is voluntary treatment based in the community the better way? Which one is the most cost-effective treatment?
References
Court-Ordered Drug Rehab and Addiction Treatment: What You Need to Know. https://www.choosehelp.com/topics/drug-rehab/court-ordered-drug-rehab
Do High Recidivism Rates Correlate With Addiction or Lack of Treatment. https://dreamcenterforrecovery.com/high-recidivism-rates-addiction-treatment/
Recidivism after Rehab. http://alcoholrehab.com/addiction-recovery/recidivism-after-rehab/
The number of drugs being used within the United States has been on a rampant incline over the last 5 years. It is shaking the Nation. There is much research being done and many questions that are simply left unanswered.
To be honest, I thought this was going to be a cut and dry statistic. I really thought those that went to voluntary treatment would have a better success rate than those who
involuntarily had to take the treatment. As per, https://archives.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol20N6/Court.html, "Arrest rate falls and employment rate rises after just one year." This was from the mandated treatment page. Though the studies do go back and forth with which one is the better treatment option, it seems to focus on the involuntary drug treatment having the best result long term. This still surprises me. I naturally assumed that voluntary drug treatment would have the best results long term. If you set your mind to something, usually you would achieve it and stick with it as opposed to being forced to do it. But I guess this is not really the case.
In two different studies, the results are very different. "Fewer mandated (45 percent) than voluntary patients (58 percent) met the standard clinical criteria for drug addiction within the first year. Voluntary patients more frequently recognized their addictions, connected them to other problems, and reported a readiness to change." Maybe it is possible that their results are biased or influenced by geography. "After the first year, mandated patients showed arrest rates like those of their No-JSI peers (about 20 percent) and lower than those of their JSI, voluntary treatment, peers (32 percent) at the 2-year follow up."
It the treatment more successful when it is involuntary coerced treatment? Or, is voluntary treatment based in the community the better way? Which one is the most cost-effective treatment?
References
Court-Ordered Drug Rehab and Addiction Treatment: What You Need to Know. https://www.choosehelp.com/topics/drug-rehab/court-ordered-drug-rehab
Do High Recidivism Rates Correlate With Addiction or Lack of Treatment. https://dreamcenterforrecovery.com/high-recidivism-rates-addiction-treatment/
Recidivism after Rehab. http://alcoholrehab.com/addiction-recovery/recidivism-after-rehab/
