Socijalna psihijatrija, Vol. 49 No. 2, 2021.
Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.24869/spsih.2021.130
Integrative Model of Recovery of Persons with an Addiction Associated to Mental Disorder
Lidija Bandić
; Therapeutic Community Reto Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
High prevalence of simultaneous addictions to psychoactive substances and other psychiatric disorders represents a great
challenge for both clinical experts and scientists. Defining psychiatric comorbidity increases curing difficulties and the risk
of chronicity, which leads to bad prognosis in terms of both psychic disorder and the addiction to psychoactive substances
with more limited prospects for recovery. The crucial obstacles related to curing comorbid addiction to psychoactive
substances are the following: separating of the mental curing system from the addiction to psychoactive substances.
The objective of this paper is to present the development and implementation of the integrative model of a therapeutic
programme and the treatment of the addiction disorder and the associated psychic disorder with positive results in both
disorders that has been persisting over twenty-eight years in a modified therapeutic community such as Reto Center. The
innovation in the integrative model of the therapeutic programme relies on connecting the rehabilitation of psychic disorder
with the addiction disorder, which, beside biological, sociological, cultural aspect, also includes the spiritual aspect. This
paper comprises the main components of the therapeutic programme, concept of integrative approach, recovery concept,
therapeutic potential and corrective experiences leading to recovery and the integrative model that opens up possibilities of
additionally modified implementation aimed at structural and personalized therapeutic programme for the rehabilitation
of persons with addiction disorders and associated psychic disorders. The success of the applied rehabilitation of persons
with addiction problems and associated psychic disorders is defined as the feeling of empowerment, meaningful life and
experience of belonging to an optimal family and working environment as well as integration in a broader community.
This paper gives an example of the steps taken in an attempt to see treatments of both disorders applied in practice.
Ključne riječi
Psychic Disorder and Addiction Disorder; Integrative Model of Therapeutic Program; Modified Therapeutic Community
Hrčak ID:
270778
URI
Datum izdavanja:
14.1.2022.
Posjeta: 925 *