ADVANCE Individual and Group Counseling,Diagnosis and Assessment of the Addicted Client.
Research Paper
Advanced Individual and Group Counseling,
Diagnosis and Assessment of the Addicted Client
Instructor: Dr. Ozietta Taylor LCPC Psych 641 Wilber L. Jackson
Date Submitted: December 8, 2014
Date Due: December 8, 2014
Treatment Strategies in Counseling Methadone Clients Using Benzodiazepines And other Licit and Illicit Substance
Case Scenario: Michael Doe is a 21 year old methadone patient. He presented at a Methadone Treatment Center with a 3 year history of opioid prescription use (egg. Percocet).
A) What is Methadone? (1 page)
B) Purpose of Methadone: Primary and Side effects (2 Pages)
C) History of Methadone Use in the United States (1 Page)
D) The Synergistic Effects of Methadone and Benzodiazepines/ Other licit and licit Drugs (3 pages)
E) Treatment Strategies (i.e. Contingency management) in Counseling Clients Mixing Methadone with Other Substances ( licit and licit) (2 pages)
F) Conclusion
What is Methadone?
Methadone also known as Symoron, Dolophine, Amidone, Methadone, Physeptone, Heptadon and many other names is a synthetic opioid. It is used medically as an analgesic and maintenance anti- addictive and reductive preparation for use by patients with opioid dependence.
It was developed in Germany in 1937, mainly because Germany required a reliable internal source of opioids, it is acyclic analog of morphine and heroin, and methadone acts on the same opioid receptors as these drugs, and has many of the same effects.
Methadone is also used in managing severe chronic pain, owing to its long duration of action, strong analgesic effect, and very low cost. It was introduced in the United States in 1947, by Eli Lilly and Company; it is listed under Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 and ids regulated similarly to morphine in most countries.
Methadone is only approved for use in adults, and is prescribed for several conditions, such as the treatment of
Advanced Individual and Group Counseling,
Diagnosis and Assessment of the Addicted Client
Instructor: Dr. Ozietta Taylor LCPC Psych 641 Wilber L. Jackson
Date Submitted: December 8, 2014
Date Due: December 8, 2014
Treatment Strategies in Counseling Methadone Clients Using Benzodiazepines And other Licit and Illicit Substance
Case Scenario: Michael Doe is a 21 year old methadone patient. He presented at a Methadone Treatment Center with a 3 year history of opioid prescription use (egg. Percocet).
A) What is Methadone? (1 page)
B) Purpose of Methadone: Primary and Side effects (2 Pages)
C) History of Methadone Use in the United States (1 Page)
D) The Synergistic Effects of Methadone and Benzodiazepines/ Other licit and licit Drugs (3 pages)
E) Treatment Strategies (i.e. Contingency management) in Counseling Clients Mixing Methadone with Other Substances ( licit and licit) (2 pages)
F) Conclusion
What is Methadone?
Methadone also known as Symoron, Dolophine, Amidone, Methadone, Physeptone, Heptadon and many other names is a synthetic opioid. It is used medically as an analgesic and maintenance anti- addictive and reductive preparation for use by patients with opioid dependence.
It was developed in Germany in 1937, mainly because Germany required a reliable internal source of opioids, it is acyclic analog of morphine and heroin, and methadone acts on the same opioid receptors as these drugs, and has many of the same effects.
Methadone is also used in managing severe chronic pain, owing to its long duration of action, strong analgesic effect, and very low cost. It was introduced in the United States in 1947, by Eli Lilly and Company; it is listed under Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 and ids regulated similarly to morphine in most countries.
Methadone is only approved for use in adults, and is prescribed for several conditions, such as the treatment of