Logistical Concerns
Logistical Concerns: Community/ provider attitudes
Understanding Substance Abuse: “Substance abuse refers to a set of related conditions that are associated with consumption of mind-behavior-altering drugs, which have negative behavioral and health concerns” HHS (2010). Social and community attitudes towards consumption of illicit drugs make substance abuse a complex issue with public health. In addition, substance abuse has been a flash-point within the criminal justice system with a major focal point on social values. The issues addressing substance abuse and social values include
1. Arguing rather or not substance abuse is merely a disease that veers from genetics or biological factors or just a matter of personal choice.
2. Improvement in medications for treatment and brain-scanning technology. Will substance abuse develop into a chronic illness
3. Improving clinical interventions/ treatment through evidence based research/expanding evidence based practices.
Emerging Issues with substance abuse on the rise: “Adolescents have recently been abusing prescription drugs which have been on the rise for the last five years” NIDA (2015). In 2007, a survey found high rates of prescription medications/ pain relievers such as; Vicodin and OxyContin in adolescents. Two factors have been mentioned due to the increase of use; how easily available the prescription drug is (esp., for instance, from doctors or even in parents medicine cabinets) and adolescents also believe that the prescription drugs are somewhat safer than street drugs.
The Federal Government have begun to implement health reforms through legislation, the focus points will be; how to produce services to the mentally ill and those who suffer from substance abuse disorders?
Prevention/ treatment programs will increase in order to increase new opportunities for those in need.
References:
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Understanding Substance Abuse: “Substance abuse refers to a set of related conditions that are associated with consumption of mind-behavior-altering drugs, which have negative behavioral and health concerns” HHS (2010). Social and community attitudes towards consumption of illicit drugs make substance abuse a complex issue with public health. In addition, substance abuse has been a flash-point within the criminal justice system with a major focal point on social values. The issues addressing substance abuse and social values include
1. Arguing rather or not substance abuse is merely a disease that veers from genetics or biological factors or just a matter of personal choice.
2. Improvement in medications for treatment and brain-scanning technology. Will substance abuse develop into a chronic illness
3. Improving clinical interventions/ treatment through evidence based research/expanding evidence based practices.
Emerging Issues with substance abuse on the rise: “Adolescents have recently been abusing prescription drugs which have been on the rise for the last five years” NIDA (2015). In 2007, a survey found high rates of prescription medications/ pain relievers such as; Vicodin and OxyContin in adolescents. Two factors have been mentioned due to the increase of use; how easily available the prescription drug is (esp., for instance, from doctors or even in parents medicine cabinets) and adolescents also believe that the prescription drugs are somewhat safer than street drugs.
The Federal Government have begun to implement health reforms through legislation, the focus points will be; how to produce services to the mentally ill and those who suffer from substance abuse disorders?
Prevention/ treatment programs will increase in order to increase new opportunities for those in need.
References:
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
References: US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Healthy People 2010 midcourse review: Focus area 26, substance abuse [Internet]. Washington: HHS;Available from: Jan. 25,2015 http://www.healthypeople.gov/ National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Drug of abuse information Bethesda, MD: NIDA;. Available from: Jan. 25,2015 http://www.drugabuse.gov/tib/prescription.html