Recovery Research by Pastephine Taylor

Research Into Recovery

ptaylor1216 — 2023-10-26 16:47:35 UTC

There has been a lot of research on Addition as a Disease. This department of SAMSA specifically works on what helps in the rehabilitation of an individual or family affected by it.

New research is presenting on what does it take to recover from addition. Paolo del Vecchio, MSW recently presented at the conference for Texas Association of Addiction Professionals (TAAP) about the research on recovery done by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). He spoke on things like studies showing an average of an 8 years of a process of healing, before the person can even attain 1 year of not using the drug that abused them or they abused. He spoke on what they go through during that process and after, and what the department hopes to accomplish. (Del Vecchio, 2023)

This department focuses on the recovery from the damages addition has caused. That includes things like alternate medications, the hurdles in seeking treatment, career affects after admitting they are in recovery, normalizing recovery and minimizing stigmas, promoting training and public education, structuring and expanding peer support services.(SAMHA, 2023)

Research in Addiction

ptaylor1216 — 2023-10-26 17:59:32 UTC

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) identifies their mission as seeking to expand the knowledge of addition to improve public and community health. They are the largest funder of biomedical research on addiction and drug use. They collect information from professionals doing brain function studies, biometric gathering, long term tracking studies, and population surveys. As they collect information they analyze information they collaborate with different with different organizations and professionals at different levels to help formulate evidence based practices to treat the disorder, understand it better, and share the findings with others. (NIDA, 2023)

Pastephine Taylor, BAS, LCDC Owner of Old Man New Man Recovery, LLC

ptaylor1216 — 2023-10-26 18:08:28 UTC

My name is Pastephine Taylor, and my genuine desire is to a catalytic ally in the support of substance use disorder recovery in every area of life. I am a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor in the state of Texas. I also have my license as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor (ADC) with the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC) that is up for renewal.

I am in the process of getting my LLC for my private practice. Right now its just and DBA, but I want to hire LPCs, and LCDCs manage the company on the business on the administrative side with an understanding of the work. In my future I hope to be the president of Old Man New Man Recovery, LLC; have contracts for halfway houses for different populations supporting client's in getting long term sobriety and recovery; complete my PhD in education in order to teach agencies and organizations the need in applying principles taught in recovery; assist SAMHSA in some way, preferably the Office of Recovery; and to participate the formation of national mandates when it come to civil services, to support them in areas of mental health and substance use disorder.

Works Cited

ptaylor1216 — 2023-10-27 03:31:38 UTC

Del Vecchio, P. (2023, October 21). Nothing About Us Without Us: The Power Of Lived Experience [TAAP Conference Presentation].

NIDA. (2023, July 7). Frequently Asked Questions. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Retrieved October 25, 2023, from https://nida.nih.gov/about-nida/frequently-asked-questions

SAMHSA. (2023, October 2). Office of Recovery. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Retrieved October 26, 2023, from https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/offices-centers/or