Abstract
Background: The vulnerability of drug users in treatment increases their risk of social exclusion. Psychosocial interventions aim to solve or minimise this risk, increasing social integration for individuals in treatment. In this study, the effectiveness of various European drug recovery programmes was studied by examining psychosocial intervention groups with vulnerable populations. Methods: Research was conducted utilising qualitative methodology in the following manner: bibliographical review (reports and papers) and 18 interviews with key informants (from nine European countries). Results: Treatment programmes were found to be effective for recovery from opiate use, however, social recovery programmes were not found to be effective. For females in treatment and young drug users, the adequacy of programmes received medium-to-low evaluations. Conclusion: It is necessary to increase the effectiveness of psychosocial intervention in recovery-based programmes. In addition, the relevance of these programmes in relation to psychosocial characteristics of the various risk groups (except opioid consumers) should be validated and revisited. Additionally, psychosocial intervention professionals should take a more active role in such programmes, especially in intervention with young people (in health education, prevention, early detection, and intervention) and with women (in regard to the detection and effective intervention for socio-health problems, social and job reintegration, access inequality, and use of services available due to gender).
Highlights
Addictive behaviour problems can be treated effectively when individual with substance abuse disorders have adequate access to evidence-informed, quality treatment and rehabilitation services [1].All barriers to treatment services need to be minimised to better meet the needs of people who present problems with addictions [1,2,3,4]
The aim of the present study is to assess the adequacy of actual addiction recovery programmes in Europe, according to the health, social, and psychological needs [27] of predefined subgroups of addictive behaviours in treatment [3,25] and highlight the role of psychosocial intervention in these
The specific aims of the study were (1) to analyse the adaptation of European recovery-oriented programmes to actual patterns of persons in treatment; (2) to identify what particular profile or groups are most suited to these recovery programmes; and (3) ways to adapt the psychosocial intervention for the recovery of these specific populations
Summary
Addictive behaviour problems can be treated effectively when individual with substance abuse disorders have adequate access to evidence-informed, quality treatment and rehabilitation services [1].All barriers to treatment services need to be minimised to better meet the needs of people who present problems with addictions [1,2,3,4]. Actual addictive behaviour treatment networks are composed of harm reduction services and recovery-oriented programmes, with approaches based on the biopsychosocial model, defined as integral or holistic treatment because of the intervention in different aspects of the person (biological, psychological, and social topics) [5,6]. These networks are different depending on the policies of any country and the experience with drug epidemics, such as alcohol, opiate, or cocaine problems [1,2,3,4]. Psychosocial intervention professionals should take a more active role in such programmes, especially in intervention with young people (in health education, prevention, early detection, and intervention) and with women (in regard to the detection and effective intervention for socio-health problems, social and job reintegration, access inequality, and use of services available due to gender)
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