Wednesday, June 11, 2008

DWI: Treatment or Reh abilitation:EDUCATIONAL OR THERAPEUTIC ORIENTATION - ALCOHOL OR DRUG MODEL

EDUCATIONAL OR THERAPEUTIC ORIENTATION - ALCOHOL OR DRUG MODEL

In studying the literature, it is often difficult to understand if a rehabilitation program used in a country has an educational or a therapeutic goal. Nevertheless, a strict definition of the option seems crucial. Moreover, the problem of rehabilitation does not concern only alcohol drinkers. If we talk about driving under influence, or driving while intoxicated, we accept the idea that alcohol is not the only concern: drugs and medicine are also to be taken into account. We are not sure that alcohol consumption is the best model to build suitable actions that would be generalizable. And we are not sure that drug consumption has to be considered as a different phenomenon from alcohol consumption.

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