SAMHSA’s Working Definition of Recovery: 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery
- Topics: Recovery Definition, Guiding Principles, Concept Summaries
- Description: This brief resource outlines a helpful introduction to the recovery process and common success factors for achieving successful outcomes.
- Resource Type: Pamphlet/Brochure
- Length: 8 pages
- Agency/Author: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Year Published: 2010
Counselor’s Manual for Relapse Prevention With Chemically Dependent Criminal Offenders
- Topics: Treatment for chemical dependency, effects of chemical dependency, relapse
- Description: This publication is designed to help guide those with little or no professional counselor training. The publication is simple enough for any team member to read and comprehend, not just the treatment provider. Specific steps, assignments, and suggested activities are included. The “Relapse Prevention Workbook for Chemically Dependent Criminal Offenders” is referenced throughout the publication and how to use the workbook while running groups. PSC teams could use this resource to have a better understanding of relapse prevention and to generate ideas for individualized sanctions.
- Resource Type: Website Resource Guide
- Length: N/A
- Agency/Author: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Year Published: Unknown
What Recovery Outcomes Does the Evidence Tell Us We Can Expect?
- Topics: Recovery Outcomes, Addiction, Research
- Description: This report provides an overview of how recovery can be addressed through an outcomes-based approach by exploring the impact of several key domains on the recovery process.
- Resource Type: Research Summary
- Length: 69 pages
- Agency/Author: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
- Year Published: 2013
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, What are Peer Recovery Support Services?
- Topics: Peer Recovery Support Services; community building; leading peer groups; definitions of specific peer roles
- Description: This is a great and thorough resource for those wanting to learn more about how to build a peer support system. SAMHSA has identified recovery support services as an instrumental part of recovery. This article highlights and explains many types of support services. This article could be helpful in developing an alumni group or identifying opportunities to provide additional support to clients. This is a good resource for all PSC team members, but especially helpful for PO and coordinator roles.
- Resource Type: Guidance Document
- Length: 16 pages
- Agency/Author: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Year Published: 2009
- Topics: Protracted withdrawal, acute withdrawal, symptoms of protracted withdrawal
- Description: This resource provides time frames for each substance regarding acute withdrawal and explains protracted withdrawal. The article describes opportunities to support those experiencing protracted withdrawal and suggests considerations to be made for those in withdrawal. This resource would be helpful for PSC teams to read in order to understand what happens once physical acute withdrawal symptoms are gone. The article provides suggestions as to how to educate clients about protracted withdrawal and how to provide support for those experiencing symptoms.
- Resource Type: Research Brief
- Length: 8 pages
- Agency/Author: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Year Published: 2010