HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Harm Reduction, Relapse Prevention, Disulfiram
2 Jan 2019
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Addiction (substance use disorder) is a real problem impacts large group that is harmful to their health. According to last ontario government survey on addiction and mental illness: 6. 2% (m) & 2. 3% (f) qualify as having substance use disorder in any year. 10. 7% (14-24 y. o) & 5. 2% (25-44 y. o) have substance use disorder in any year. 1. 7 visits per year to emergency rooms in ontario. 4 pillars: prevention (public health approach, harm reduction, treatment, enforcement (legal side policing, courts, prison etc. ) Different treatment models are bene cial to different people and not all treatment will work for all people. Addiction can be hard to deal with when facing other problems (pay rent, etc. many treatments/ways of addressing not freely available. Addiction can be manifestation of other issues; have no other issues = dealing with addiction can be simpler. Can forced treatment work: public health: prevention. Rather than individual alone, addictions result of triad: agent, consumer, environment.
