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Clinical Issues| Volume 20, ISSUE 6, P288-290, December 2006

Substance Use and Recovery: Charting a Course Toward Optimism

  • Diane Snow
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    Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL
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  • Kathleen R. Delaney
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    Address reprint requests to Kathleen R. Delaney, RN, DNSc, PMHNP, Rush University, College of Nursing, Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Chicago, IL 60612.
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    Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2006.08.001
Substance Use and Recovery: Charting a Course Toward Optimism
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      In 2004, an estimated 22.5 million Americans 12 years or older were classified as having substance dependence or abuse (
      • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA]
      Overview of findings from the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (Office of Applied Studies, NSDUH Series H-27).
      www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k4nsduh/2k4overview.htm
      Date: 2005
      ). However, only 2.3 million of this group received treatment for problems related to substance use (SU), and of the 1.2 million untreated (who felt they needed treatment), approximately 440,000 reported that they made an effort but were unable to obtain services (
      • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA]
      Overview of findings from the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (Office of Applied Studies, NSDUH Series H-27).
      www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k4nsduh/2k4overview.htm
      Date: 2005
      ). The puzzling aspect of these data is that effective SU treatments exist. Indeed, in some respects, the SU field has been revitalized with evidence-based treatments and reshaped with innovative perspectives ground in the neuroscience of addictions (
      Rowe C.L Liddle H.A. Adolescent substance abuse: Research and clinical advances. Cambridge University Press, New York2006
      ,
      • World Health Organization
      Neuroscience of psychoactive substance use and dependency.
      http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/en/Neuroscience.pdf
      Date: 2004
      ). What are the treatment innovations that should be creating optimism for recovery and what are the barriers to their implementation?
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