Substance Abuse: Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Introduction

National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers:

• Concentrates on ethical interventions
• Provides integrated treatment approach
• Offers cognitive-behavioral methods (McIver, 2017)

The Code of Ethics

• Reinforces the value of family support
• Recognizes addiction as a complex issue
• Prohibits discrimination
• Reduses biases (Barnett et al., 2018)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

• Focuses on psychic health
• Provides self-respect and cultural pride
• Takes an individualized approach (McIver, 2017)

Drug Free America Foundation

• Focused on reducing the percentage of people addicted to drugs
• Ethical strategies influence attitudes toward drug users
• Aims to overcome cultural, government, and social stereotypes (Barnett et al., 2018)
• Foundation introduces the term ‘substance abuse’ rather than ‘drug addiction.’
• Organization observances of the ACA Code of Ethics standards, A.1.d (Kaplan et al., 2017)

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

• Center enforces a code of ethics – A.4.a. avoiding harm
• Provides access to high quality, effective treatment services
• Motivational videos and grants for drug prevention and treatment (Barnett et al., 2018)

Reference

Barnett, A. I., Hall, W., Fry, C. L., Dilkes‐Frayne, E., & Carter, A. (2018). Drug and alcohol treatment providers’ views about the disease model of addiction and its impact on clinical practice: A systematic review. Drug and alcohol review, 37(6), 697-720.

Kaplan, D. M., Francis, P. C., Hermann, M. A., Baca, J. V., Goodnough, G. & Wade, M. E. (2017). New concepts in the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics. Journal of Counseling & Development, 95(1), 110-120.

McIver, J. S. (2017). Seeking solutions to the opioid crisis. Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 42(7), 478..