Substance Abuse Treatment Plan

Intro In the United States, “8 million people met the criteria for a “substance use disorder” (Smith, M., Stocks, C., & Santora, pg. 109). A treatment plan is a “written document about a person’s substance abuse, and how a health care professional plans to treat them” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 168). The details within the treatment plan “look at what is causing the persons substance abuse problems and what treatments are planned to treat this problem” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 168). Clearly, since we are all “individuals, so too are the treatment plans” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 168). A treatment plan must also “meet the client’s needs, set goals and must be measured to chart and quantify a client’s progress” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 168). Well look at …show more content…
Connors history of drug abuse and continued escalating use has met “the criteria for admission with a diagnosis of a severe substance use disorder” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 180). Mr. Connors admitted to 20 years of drug and alcohol use which “warranted the need for treatment” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 218). The (ASI), addiction severity index was given to Mr. Connors because of its “utility with dual diagnosis populations and that is helpful in determining the severity of the clients drug use and need for additional or extended treatment” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 140). Multiple “life aspects have been negatively impacted by Mr. Connors substance use, including employment, family, social, legal and psychological” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 180). It is recommended that Mr. Connors “participate in and complete a 90-day inpatient treatment program where he can “receive education, therapy and begin to reestablish family connections and other support systems that will help him during recovery and maintain sobriety” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 180). Mr. Connors strengths include that he is motivated by his family and his weaknesses include “substance use history, unstable employment history and negative associations” (Stevens & Jones, pg.