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A halfway house provides reintegration support for those recently released from prison, mental institutions, or addiction recovery. It helps reduce the risk of relapse or recidivism by offering a monitored transition between those environments and normal society. Halfway houses provide counseling, support, and treatment programs to help residents adjust and prevent returning to undesirable behaviors.
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Effective Treatment for Addicted
Criminal Justice Clients
Harvey Weiner, DSW
Arlin Silberman, DO
Peter Glowacki, MD
W. Charles Folks, MSW
ABSTRACT. Addicted criminal justice clients present unique challenges because of the
complex biopsychosocial problems which frequently accompany their addiction. An
overview of the current understanding of addictive disease is presented, including the
important distinction between abstinence and sobriety.
In the Eagleville Recovery Program, each client's medical, psychosocial, educational,
vocational and psychiatric assessments are used to develop an individualized treatment
plan. Group therapy is the primary treatment modality, supplemented by individual and
family therapy, a unique Adult Basic Education component, work therapy, and active
involvement in the 12-step programs. Group therapy is important because these clients
often reject suggestions from professionals but are willing to accept feedback from peers.
Even minor successful accomplishments in the educational program enhance clients' self-
esteem and reinforce other areas of growth and change, while work therapy provides an
opportunity to learn how to relate to a supervisor and "straight" co-workers.
A case study is presented to illustrate the course of treatment for a typical client. [Article
copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service. 1-800-342-
9678. E-mail address: [email protected]]
______________________________________________________________________________
Harvey Weiner, Arlin Silberman, Peter Glowacki, and W. Charles Folks are affiliated with
Eagleville Hospital, 100 Eagleville Road, Eagleville, PA 19403-1800.
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Vol. 15(4) 1997
1997 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Johnson Foundation, 1993), and the impact of drugs on America has been summarized by Joseph
Califano (1995) as follows:
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bigger prisons. We have tried to rein in health costs by manipulating payments to doctors
and hospitals. We've fought poverty with welfare systems that offer little incentive to work.
All the while, we have undermined these efforts with our personal and national denial about
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because of the complexity and severity of the biopsychosocial problems which frequently
accompany their addiction. The purpose of this paper is to describe the Eagleville Recovery
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complex biopsychosocial problems which frequently accompany their addiction. An
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esteem and reinforce other areas of growth and change, while work therapy provides an
opportunity to learn how to relate to a supervisor and "straight" co-workers.
A case study is presented to illustrate the course of treatment for a typical client. [Article
copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service. 1-800-342-
9678. E-mail address: [email protected]]
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Harvey Weiner, Arlin Silberman, Peter Glowacki, and W. Charles Folks are affiliated with
Eagleville Hospital, 100 Eagleville Road, Eagleville, PA 19403-1800.
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Vol. 15(4) 1997
1997 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Substance abuse has been called the nation's number one health problem (Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, 1993), and the impact of drugs on America has been summarized by Joseph
Califano (1995) as follows:
For 30 years, America has tried to curb crime with more judges, tougher punishments and
bigger prisons. We have tried to rein in health costs by manipulating payments to doctors
and hospitals. We've fought poverty with welfare systems that offer little incentive to work.
All the while, we have undermined these efforts with our personal and national denial about
the sinister dimension drug abuse and addiction has added to our society.
Providing effective treatment to addicted criminal justice clients presents special challenges
because of the complexity and severity of the biopsychosocial problems which frequently
accompany their addiction. The purpose of this paper is to describe the Eagleville Recovery
Program, a residential program which has been very effective in treating these clients of particular
interest is the program's structure, its multidisciplinary treatment team, and its unique adult basic
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To provide a framework for ...
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If someone you care about is struggling with a drug or alcohol problem, an intervention can be a turning point, a realization there is a serious problem that requires professional help. You can conduct an intervention on your own. Alternatively, there are professional interventionists that can assist you on a fee-for-service basis. If you are concerned enough about a loved one to be reading this, you should seriously consider taking action. The worst thing you can do is stand by and do nothing. Someone with an addiction is often surrounded by people who want him or her to get better.
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