Abstract
Despite the benefits of substance abuse treatment, only a small proportion of drug users enter treatment. Understanding "readiness" is critical for engaging drug users in treatment and for involving them in the recovery process. This paper reports on ethnographic interviews conducted with 35 active drug users as they were entering treatment services, to describe how they perceive readiness for treatment. Drug users expressed readiness for treatment in terms reflective of twelve step programs, a folk model of treatment. A better understanding of drug users' perceptions can help to inform interventions designed to improve readiness for treatment.
| Original language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | 21st Century Research on Drugs and Ethnicity |
| Subtitle of host publication | Studies Supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| Editors | Peter L. Myers |
| Publisher | Routledge Taylor & Francis Group |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315785486 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780789037541 , 9780789037534 |
| State | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Treatment readiness
- Substance abuse treatment
- ethnography
Disciplines
- Community Health
- Community Health and Preventive Medicine
- Substance Abuse and Addiction