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The staff workplace and the quality and outcome of substance abuse treatment.
Rudolf H. Moos,Bernice S. Moos +1 more
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The study examined the connection between the staff work environment and staff members' beliefs about treatment, the quality of the treatment environment, patients' involvement in treatment and self-help activities, and patients' improvement during treatment.Abstract:
Objective: The study examined the connection between the staff work environment and staff members' beliefs about treatment, the quality of the treatment environment, patients' involvement in treatment and self-help activities, and patients' improvement during treatment. Method: Patient care staff (N = 329) in 15 substance abuse treatment programs reported on the characteristics of their work environment and on their beliefs and treatment orientations about substance abuse. Patients in these programs (N = 3,228) reported on the treatment environment, their participation in treatment and self-help activities, and their treatment goals, confidence in achieving these goals, and coping skills at intake to and discharge from treatment. Results: Staff in supportive and goal-directed work environments were more likely to espouse disease model beliefs and a 12-step orientation toward substance abuse treatment. These work environments were associated with more supportive and goal-directed treatment environments. Pa...read more
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Revija za elementarno izobraževanje
TL;DR: Revija za elementarno izobraževanje as discussed by the authors is revija Pedagoske fakultete Univerze v Mariboru in Pedagožkce Universze na Primorskem.
What we are like when we are at our best: Appreciative stories of staff in a community mental health center
TL;DR: In this article, the authors collected narratives from 27 community mental health staff about times when they were at their best, and an emergent, consensus-based analysis was used to understand the stories and exemplary work.
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Improving treatment for people with cognitive impairment and substance misuse issues: Lessons from an inclusive residential treatment program pilot in Australia.
TL;DR: A modified residential substance misuse treatment program in New South Wales, Australia, was piloted and evaluated to address this knowledge gap as discussed by the authors , where the pilot program provided simplified written and visual materials and concrete examples and introduced a daily virtues program to embed new learning and support behaviour change.
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