12-Step Participation as a Pathway to Recovery: The Maryhaven Experience and Implications for Treatment and Research
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Maryhaven, a comprehensive, community-based drug abuse treatment facility, combines a core commitment to 12-step principles and practices with the use of scientifically derived treatment interventions. Treatment goals at Maryhaven include abstinence from substance abuse, patient engagement and progress in 12-step activities, and strong patient affiliation with 12-step organizations within the community. The author discusses the reasons why Maryhaven takes this approach, describes the program's use of empirically derived treatment tools to further 12-step objectives, argues that there are natural affinities between 12- step and some empirical treatment tools such as the Stages of Change model, and suggests research projects that he believes can improve treatment and illuminate the mechanisms by which 12-step activities help patients overcome addiction.
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GREGORY S. BRIGHAM, Ph.D., is chief research officer and program direc tor at Maryhaven in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Brigham is a psychologist with more than 20 years’ experience providing and managing drug abuse treatment. He is currently a Community Treatment Program principal investigator in the Ohio Valley Node of NIDA’s National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network. His research interes...
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