Leadership Project

PLEASE READ THE ATTACHMENTS.
The following paragraphes tell the topic of the paper.
there is a sample paper attached to give guidence oh how to set up the paper.
The Leadership Summary Sheet is how write the paper. This one is important.
There is a rubric attached

The substance abuse field is a challenging yet rewarding environment. Patients come in at rock bottom having lost everything important to them from family to jobs to even their love for themselves. To save their own lives and hopefully regain trust from family members and employers, they come to treatment centers to detox from such substances, attend groups, and figure out what causes them to use and learn coping mechanisms to fight those issues. One of the biggest issues within the detox or substance abuse centers is the revolving door patient. This would be a patient that came to the facility, spent the two weeks to 28 days (about 4 weeks) in in-patient care, discharged, relapsed and returned to the detox facility to do it all over again.
My topic for this project is to create a follow up, or aftercare, plan that allows for continued care for the patient after they discharged. I feel a face-to-face check in program would help patients stay on track with their sobriety and gives them an opportunity to discuss daily hardships. This would entail the patient going to a designated facility to check in with counselors. Here they can have one on one sessions with their counselors to talk through any stressors they are experiencing at the time as well as any clinical changes needed to better manage the patient’s sobriety. “Two important challenges faced during the continuing care phase of treatment are patient dropout and changes in the patient’s clinical needs over time” (McKay, 2021). Counselors and patients build a trusting relationship and are able to work on root causes of what led the patient to substance abuse in the first place. The patient will be educated on coping mechanisms to better manage their stress and anxiety.
Research within this topic would include the importance of follow-up care and how it relates to strong continued sobriety. Follow-up, or aftercare, brings forth a specific support environment tailored to that individual until the patient can maintain sobriety on their own. “It is an integral component of the treatment and rehabilitation process and a continuation of the community’s rehabilitation process after discharge from a treatment facility” (Samson, 2021). McKay (2021) reports that the more follow ups a patient receives the better the chances of continued sobriety the patient has.
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ALL ARTICLES NEED TO BE WITHIN THE PAST 5 YEARS!! PLEASE USE DIRECT QUOTES.
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McKay, J. R. (2021, January 21). Impact of continuing care on recovery from substance use disorder. Alcohol research: current reviews. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813220/

Samson, J. (2021). Factors affecting the aftercare program of drug dependents. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. https://www.ijams-bbp.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jacky-V.-Samson.pdf

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