Richmond Virginia Assessment Plays a Key Role to Recovery at an Alcohol Treatment Center

June 24, 2011 - PRLog -- The traditional and the oldest known successful process of treatment at any alcohol treatment center is the 12 step Alcoholics Anonymous process. It has gained world wide popularity and affiliation for its success rate. The second in line and second most popular method that is successful and currently gaining on the interest of the alcohol treatment center is the Self Management and recovery Training (SMART). It considered as an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous program. Different other recovery program and processes have been discovered and added into the treatment processes of the facilities. Some prefer to go for medications as well.

Whatever you choose out of the available processes, you must remember that the treatment process principally depends on the three stages of assessment of the addict.

1) A screening stage,
2) A problem assessment stage,
3) A personal assessment stage.

During the first two stages(screening and problem assessment), the alcohol treatment center is only involved in screening the individual about their medical history, family background and other possible issues which might have contributed to the addiction problem. It identifies the stage of the addiction problem and possible parameters which are visible in the subject like:

• Possible signs of dependence
• Symptoms of unable to quit their behavior
• How severe is the problem?
• What kind of negative impact are their lives or their family is suffering?

These parameters only define the treatment requirement of the person. The planning is dependent on person's assessment. The personal assessment stage at any alcohol treatment center follows the guidelines that are recommended by the Institute of Medicine. It focuses on the problems that are experienced by the individual. It includes a comprehensive description of the individual:

• The patient's demographic characteristics,
• The addict's concurrent problems,
• The type of co-morbid psychiatric disorders that he/she suffers,
• What kind of family history they carry?

This stage tries to find out and digs into the clients' strengths as well as weaknesses. The issues that come out at this stage are directly related to the use of alcohol in the person's life. Direct problems are referred to as the contingent problem while the indirect problems are referred as the non-contingent problems. These issues are again listed as social, psychological and vocational problems. All of these three finally interlink into driving an individual into abusive behavior. The provision of a complete evaluation is dependable with the suggestions derived from a bio-psychosocial model of addictions by Donovan 1988.

The focus of any assessment, whatsoever, is to determine the influences working in their life. In terms of these parameters the facilities determine the long term and the short term goals that the patients are to work on, in order to recover completely. Assessment has also lead to the individualization of the treatment plan in order to suit the patient's background and their will power. Unless we know what drives them, makes them comfortable and willing to contribute in the plan, the centers might fail to properly cleanse the addicts out of their habit.

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