Studies in Epidemiology have come to demonstrate that autism is not a uniquely and separately occurring condition in children that have normal development trends. Rather, it has been established that autism is linked to a couple of disorders (Wing, 1996)
There is considerable indication of the numerous benefits to the implementation of a recovery-oriented mental health care model. Some of which are reduction in occurrence of violence, decrease in events of self-harm, shorter inpatient stays, as well as reduced need for the use of fetters and most significantly, greater independence and feelings of self-control for the patient (Barker & Buchanan-Barker, 2012)
In a 2012 article that explains the positive aspects of the recovery paradigm, results show key predictors of recovery involvement in peer support activities and groups and active participation within the community. "Recovery requires a twin track approach: enabling and supporting individual recovery journeys, while creating environmental conditions that enable and support a 'social contagion' of recovery, in which recovery is transmitted through supportive social networks and dedicated recovery groups, such as mutual aid" (Best & Lubman, 2012, p
And thus when actively engaged in recovery all areas must be addressed (Miller, 2013). The disease model of addiction is often used for those severely addicted who cannot find recovery under traditional means (Hall, Carter, & Forlini, 2015, p
This rings especially true for community participation because that involves a coordinated effort. While some critics of the disease model of treatment believe labeling addiction as a disease is not conducive to encouraging recovery among addicts (Hammer et al
Support perceived to be ineffective emerged in dyads with no operationalized goal, and high emotional availability with low degree of practical support. Support perceived to be effective was signified by the sponsor attending to power imbalance and the addict coming into position to help others and feel useful (Johansen, Brendryen, Darnell, & Wennesland, 2013, p
"The disease model is a biomedical model that understands addiction as a physiological pathology that requires medical or pharmacological interventions. Proponents of the model use medical terminology to describe important addiction processes and treatment" (Miller, 2013, p
93 patients (65%) continued to be maintained on the medication and seven completed treatments and were no longer taking any opioid (5%). Pain scores showed a modest, but statistically significant improvement on BUP/NLX, which was contrary to our expectations and may be an important factor in treatment retention for this challenging population (Pade, Cardon, Hoffman, & Geppert, 2012, p
So many times in the past people working in mental health facilities have dehumanized the patients there. Therefore, the social movement came to be in order to show that these people are human and that they can gain back what makes them people through the process of recovery (Rosenberg & Rosenberg, 2013)
"Advances in neuroscience identified addiction as a chronic brain disease with strong genetic, neurodevelopmental, and sociocultural components. Drug-induced impairments are long lasting; thus, interventions designed to mitigate or even reverse them would be beneficial for the treatment of addiction" (Volkow & Morales, 2015, p