Abstract
The last years have seen a paradigm shift concerning addictive disorders, indicating the necessity to study alternative therapeutic models. In this longitudinal study, the objective was to explore the impact of the Change & Grow® therapeutic model developed and used by VillaRamadas on certain psychological variables that frequently appear associated with addiction. A repeated measures (first and last weeks of treatment) design was used, and the psychological measurements were Beck’s Depression Inventory II (BDI-II), Suicide Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Results include 26 (16 male and 10 female) patients. Age varied between 17 and 64 years (M = 35.62, SD = 12.60) and duration of treatment between 91 and 193 days (M = 147.35, SD = 27.05). The MoCA total result was significantly higher in the last week of treatment. The results of BDI-II, SIQ, and STAI (both state and trait) were all significantly lower. Neither duration of treatment nor self-reported motivation presented significant correlation values with the difference between measures for any of the variables. The Change & Grow® therapeutic model appears to have an impact on relevant psychological variables in patients admitted into treatment for addictive disorders.
Highlights
IntroductionWorld Drug Report [1], in 2015, 0.6% of the global adult population suffered from some substance use disorder, making up 29.5 million people worldwide
Addiction is widely accepted as one of the growing epidemics of our time
Regarding the participants who completed both measures of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), age ranged from 18 to 45, and total result from 18 to 28 and 25 to 28
Summary
World Drug Report [1], in 2015, 0.6% of the global adult population suffered from some substance use disorder, making up 29.5 million people worldwide. More have problems with harmful use of substances or other addictive disorders not related to substance use. Despite the recognition of addiction as a global problem and growing efforts to find the best solutions, the complexity of its etiology and development make it challenging to reach that goal. It has been reported that about 27% of addicts have at least one psychiatric disorder and, of those, 45% have two or more [2]. Some of the psychiatric disorders/complaints most commonly found in comorbidity with addiction are depression [2,3], suicide ideation [4] and anxiety disorders [2,5]
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