{"id":7019,"date":"2017-03-06T12:17:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T11:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/enfermeria\/?p=7019"},"modified":"2021-04-26T14:10:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T12:10:21","slug":"uca-centers-solution-to-people-with-an-addiction-in-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/enfermeria\/en\/uca-centers-solution-to-people-with-an-addiction-in-valencia\/","title":{"rendered":"UCA centers: solution to people with an addiction in Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0I attended a new session on health in the framework of \u201cLos mi\u00e9rcoles hablamos de salud<\/em>\u201c. Teresa Orengo Caus\u00a0came\u00a0from the UCA (\u201cUnidad de Conductas Adictivas\u201d\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0Units of Addictive Behavior) \u00a0to give us a talk about the addiction to drugs<\/strong>and how to prevent it.<\/p>\n

\"\"During the recent years, researchers have pointed out that the number of drugs users has\u00a0increased remarkably, and men have\u00a0suffered from them more than women. Therefore, from 1997, the Foundation for the Analysis, Study and Prevention of Addictions<\/a> (AEPA) has been working\u00a0with the\u00a0ambition to promote and create initiatives in the prevention of addiction<\/strong>, and to be part of a network of resources for the assistance and rehabilitation of people with problems derived from drug use, addictive behavior, promoting their incorporation into social life.<\/p>\n

\"\"Belonging to the AEPA, the Units of Addictive Behaviour are effective health care centres because of their\u00a0direct access and sectionalized nature. Each of them consists of at least one doctor, a psychologist and a nurse. Their working methodology can be resumed in the word STEPPS<\/strong>: System Training for Emotional Predictability & Problem Solving. There is a wide range of programmes organized in order to improve the action of people with addictions, such as physiotherapy for cocaine-addicted people, alcoholic women, adolescents running with marijuana and addicted to tobacco.<\/p>\n

However, for people with serious symptoms, for instance, abstinence symptom or not-controllable of a number of drugs taken, the treatment can\u00a0be different. There are\u00a0two different\u00a0approaches\u00a0as shown in this table:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Type I: Detoxification<\/strong><\/td>\nType II: Inhabitual <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Short term<\/span><\/td>\nLong term<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Done by doctors<\/span><\/td>\nDone by psychologist<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Method: pharmacology<\/span><\/td>\nMethod: psychotherapy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Result: recover neurological equilibrium.<\/span><\/td>\n\n

Maintain the therapeutic adherence<\/span><\/p>\n

Improve life quality. This step is like a staircase.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In conclusion, the addiction is something treatable<\/strong> and can be prevented before it becomes dangerous; think about going to a place where\u00a0you cannot smoke or use drugs. Finally, Teresa suggests the film Trainspotting<\/strong>, a black comedy that reflects fully the life of\u00a0people with addictions. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n