Recognizing Suicidal Tendencies in Patients and Preventing It

During the course of treating a drug abuse patient, there are many moments to worry incessantly over their wellbeing. None is harder to deal with than surfacing new and unannounced suicidal tendencies. Although it is near impossible to conclusively recognize suicidal tendencies in every patient, there are some warning signs you should be looking for.Of course recognizing suicidal tendencies in a patient is only half the battle, you must also be equipped to treat the patient and prevent future occurrences of any self-destructive thought processes.

Richard Kensinger CSW writes on The Fix about predicting and preventing patient suicide.

Predicting and Preventing Patient Suicide

Addiction therapists have always confronted significant challenges, but providing treatment in the context of the current opioid epidemic has raised the stakes to new levels. Comorbidities that are extremely prevalent in addictions—trauma, physical pain and depression, to name a few—have their own correlations with suicidality. And the increasing percentage of treatment episodes in which opioids are the patient’s drug of choice—and the widespread easy availability of opioids—ups the ante for clinicians and suggests that greater vigilance around potential suicidality is required. We don’t have a good way to determine what percentage of overdose deaths involved an intentional suicidal component. Richard Kensinger is a clinical social worker whose expertise in the realm of patient suicide has been hard-earned, and his piece highlights the “grave responsibility” that clinicians have to evaluate client dangerousness by way of preventing avoidable self-harm…Richard Juman, PsyD. See full post here

At Recovery Coach Training, we provide our coaches with the appropriate training so that they may professionally help patients (and their families) recover from all sorts of issues relating to substance abuse.

Substance Abuse: Some Reflections

Oftentimes, we act as our own enablers. The idea that being addicted to something is not that bad if you’re not doing something destructive could easily be one of the biggest blunders we subject ourselves to.

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Speaking from experience, here is MB Dreams from the fix on her struggle with abuse and her views on enabling it on her own.

Reflections On My First Day of Sobriety

The last drink I had was a couple sips of a PBR around 3am on December 31, 2015. My boyfriend, some friends and I went to a music showcase the night of the 30th. You know, the electronic music kind where a bunch of white people high on drugs have their minds blown and their faces melted by really loud sounds. The kind where you see 16-year-olds wearing golden leather thongs and hot pink furry boots. Yeah, that kind of show. See full post here

Here at RecoveryCoachTraining.com, we train our coaches to help you deal with all kinds of addiction. Overcoming addiction is not enough – you have to take measures to prevent relapsing, and our coaches provide a complete recovery from substance abuse.

Is Addiction a Symptom of Something More Fundamental?

We often treat addiction as a separate affliction – a self-contained condition with symptoms of its own. However in doing so, we might be ignoring the underlying causes of addiction. This might probably be better understood by treating addiction as a symptom of something larger rather than focusing on trying to cure it conventionally.

This idea also seems to enhance the conventional twelve-step program originating from Alcoholics Anonymous by improving on its parts.

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Here is an article on The Fix by Dr. Rosemary Brown with Laura MacKay.

Addiction is the Symptom, Not the Problem

The 12 steps are considered sacrosanct by many, yet high relapse rates among people in AA and other step groups are problematic. While some treatment professionals dismiss the steps entirely, Dr. Rosemary Brown instead has endeavored to make them better by shifting their focus from the individual symptoms of addiction—i.e. the individual drugs or behaviors—to what she suggests is the core emotional-spiritual deficit common to all forms of addiction. See full post here

Hopefully with the help of this article, many people will find it easier to not relapse again. Make sure you choose a reliable recovery coach. Coaches certified by us are trained to deal with all forms of addiction. Click here: http://ift.tt/210pBLc

Understanding Common Reasons for Substance Abuse

Addiction: A Brief Explanation

Signs You Need to Undergo In-patient Treatment

Like it or not, sometimes our efforts to recover from substance abuse fail miserably. People may either leave treatment halfway through or relapse after completing their treatment. This can be especially hard, having to deal with a lack of motivation in addition to a lack of control. In such cases, paying daily or weekly visits to the rehab facility is not going to be enough. Sometimes, we have no option but to commit to an in-patient treatment.

Tim Powers from SoberNation shares some warning signs that imply a need to undergo an in-patient program:

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The effects of chronic long-term drug and alcohol abuse can be devastating to a person’s physical, mental and spiritual health. If you, a family member or a loved one is in the grips of addiction, the downward spiral will only continue to worsen unless you get the appropriate professional help that is found through a reputable drug rehab facility. There are many drug treatment options that are available to you that provide the programming, support and encouragement you need to address your specific addiction issues–but you may be at a loss knowing which option best suits your needs. See full post here.

 

One of the biggest reasons to commit to an in-patient program is when you find it hard to place your trust on close friends and family. Going through an episode of abuse can be extremely hard and we need something to rely on. If you can’t get that kind of support from your friends and family, take the responsible step and get admitted to an in-patient program.

To learn more about proper patient care, get in touch with us at Recovery Coach Training.

 

What Not to Say to a Recovering Addict

When dealing with a loved one’s addiction for a prolonged period of time, it sometimes gets to the point when you lose your patience and vent your anger out on them. Sometimes the things we say to them can become the reason for their relapse into drug use disorder.

JessiRae Pulver-Adell shares 6 things you should always refrain from saying to recovering addicts.

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6 Things to Never Say to People in Recovery by JessiRae Pulver-Adell

You’re no stranger to the struggle of addiction recovery if you’ve been mortified about the things spawning from your mouth in the heat of the moment with a loved one struggling with a substance use disorder. Addiction is a disease many feel personally attacked by, even if they’re not the one battling the uphill struggle to recovery.

As parents, siblings, spouses, friends, and loved ones, we feel our well being should be more important than a prescription drug, a dose of heroin, or a denomination of cocaine. The unfortunate truth is in the height of addiction, we’re not.

Addiction has a cruel way of twisting the brain’s chemistry to crave nothing but the taste of one’s drug of choice, to help them feel normal. If you had to choose between being able to sit comfortably in your skin, or sit through a family dinner, which would you choose?

Conversely, being cast aside in favor of an addiction which is ultimately ravishing both the physical and psychological aspects of the person you love, it’s common for our words to profane themselves, glazed over in anger to express what it is we think we mean. See full post here

However, striking the right balance between not making them feel unloved and not enabling their drug abuse can be very hard. We, at Recovery Coach Training, provide the best training to coaches so they may help you handle such delicate situations.