the crime selected is substance
abuse.
For drug rehabilitation, there would
be use of psychotherapeutic treatments or medical treatments. These
would be helping in alcohol abuse, street drugs or prescription
drug use. The intent would be to confront the patient with
substance dependence along with avoiding physical, psychological or
financial consequences,
Treatment include:
- Cognitive Behavioral therapy: this
would help the patients in recognising, coping or avoiding
situations where they would be most likely to be relapsing,
- Multidimensional family therapy:
these would be designed for supporting the patient’s recovery by
bringing about improvements in family functioning.
- Motivational interviewing occurs
for increasingthe motivation within patients such that their
behavior could change.
- Motivational incentives include
positive reinforcements for encouraging abstinence from the
substance that is addictive.