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Warren, Jane – Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 2012
The author describes how 5 Buddhist practices--enlightenment, compassion, acceptance, mindfulness/meditation, and the spiritual community--can serve as a foundation for an integrated recovery model that incorporates numerous perspectives from the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. An application of the model illustrates how it is applied to…
Descriptors: Altruism, Buddhism, Religious Factors, Metacognition
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Hodge, David R. – Social Work, 2011
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective modality for the treatment of alcoholism. Given widespread interest in incorporating spirituality into professional treatment, this article orients practitioners to spiritually modified CBT, an approach that may enhance outcomes with some spiritually motivated clients. More specifically, by…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Alcoholism, Religious Factors, Therapy
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Krohn, Elise – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2011
The Northwest Indian Treatment Center runs a 45-day inpatient treatment program in Elma, Washington. The Squaxin Island Tribe created the program to address an unmet need for culturally based drug and alcohol treatment centers for Indian people who grew up on reservations. The program specializes in treating people with chronic relapse patterns…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Patients, Clinics, American Indians
Feldstein, Sarah W.; Venner, Kamilla L.; May, Philip A. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2006
American Indian/Alaska Natives have high rates of alcohol-related arrests and are overrepresented in justice systems. To understand the relationship between alcohol dependence, treatment, and alcoholrelated incarceration, this study queried American Indian/Alaska Natives currently in remission from alcohol dependence. Participants reported…
Descriptors: American Indians, Alaska Natives, Outcomes of Treatment, Alcoholism
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Stevens, Raymond P. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1987
Deaf teenagers have more trouble coping with the effects of parental alcohol abuse than do hearing teenagers. Suggestions are made for helping the deaf teenager and other family members deal with these problems, especially in potentially violent situations. Two short case studies are provided to illustrate intervention methods and outcomes.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Case Studies, Child Abuse, Deafness
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Gulliver, Suzy Bird; Longabaugh, Richard; Davidson, Dena; Swift, Robert – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2005
Estimates of the prevalence of alcohol dependence among Americans approach 14% (Read, Kahler, & Stevenson, 2001). Alcohol dependence was once considered among the most recalcitrant of problem behaviors, with only 20% to 30% attaining sustained abstinence (Hunt Barnett & Branch 1971). Although current definitions of treatment success now consider…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Patients, Outcomes of Treatment, Behavior Problems