Drug Intervention Los Angeles California

Helping your loved one with their problems with alcohol can be scary, Drug Interventionist Chris Suchanek talks about some of the recent research finding from Stanford University that highlight the need for an Drug intervention:

Interested in understand the characteristics and circumstances that differentiate people addicted to alcohol and drugs who complete treatment and those who drop out, Dr. John Keller from the Medical School at Stanford conducted a 5 year long study that concluded last year. Dr. Keller and his colleagues found that demographic characteristics such as age, gender and ethnicity/race did not predict whether or not someone addicted to alcohol or drugs did complete treatment nor did the severity of their use. What was interesting is that they found that perceived social support and mental health were two of the best predictors of treatment completion.

These finding highlight the important role that family and friend play in helping their loved ones who are drug addicts. Perceived social support predicted treatment completion. This means drug addicts who completed treatment believed that their loved ones didn't give up on them. Although the thought of an intervention can be scary letting your loved one know that you believed that they can get better is one of the most important facts in getting them healthy again.

1. McKellar, J., Harris, A., and Moss, R. (2006) Predictors of outcome form patients with substance-use disorders five years after treatment dropout. Journal of Alcohol Studies, 67, 685-693