Difficulties and prospects for change among drug addicts before and after withdrawal treatment

• Authors: Chmielewska, Anna

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the article is to show the life situation of drug addicts before the start of the withdrawal treatment in an addiction treatment centre and after all stages of the treatment have been completed. It is important to show the difference in perception of a person’s life status before and after treatment. Despite similar potential problems, for example in the housing, professional, health and family situation, there is a fundamental change in the way they are assessed and how to solve them. The reason is the confrontation with the disease that occurs during the stay in the centre. Thanks to it, it is possible to think about what to change in the person’s life. The broadly understood change is possible thanks to appropriate support after leaving the centre. This support, provided, among others, by social workers, consists in accompanying such a person in the implementation of subsequent challenges and in solving emerging problems. It is associated with motivating, indicating resources and strengthening the sense of agency in life.

Keywords

EN

drug addiction; withdrawal treatment; addiction treatment centre; social worker; change; support; accompanying; motivating; difficulties

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Praca Socjalna
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 35(3)
• Pages: 24-41

Dates

published

2020-07-13

Contributors

author

Chmielewska, Anna

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.3139