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Journal of Psychology and Cognition | Volume 4
May 13-14, 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic
Addiction Research and Therapy
2nd International Conference on
J Psychol Cognition, Volume 4
A study of utilization of community meeting as an interactive strategy in Drugs
Addiction Treatment
Nevin Terry Haa
Centre for Addiction Treatment and Research Vom, Nigeria
P eople are universally the same however, some
peculiarities define their geographical location. In a
drug facility in Nigeria community meeting has been an
effective strategy in drug addiction treatment for identifying
and addressing motivation in the treatment, insight and
judgment, self-esteem, psychotic symptoms, readiness for
treatment etc. The components of community meeting
significantly facilitate effective transition in stages of change,
this research gathered information from various meetings.
The study also obtained information about substance use
from files of 211 participants previously admitted from 2014
- 2018 and descriptive statistics using SPSS version 20 was
utilized in the analysis, the analysis show that male were
predominant at 91.9% with a mean 1.08, 24.6% primary
drugs of abuse is alcohol and the most common substance
abused at 29%, clients admitted with psychotic symptoms
were 47.9% and 29% common problematic substance is
cannabis and 65% of them are within the ages of 21-30
years, while 45% of them have used other psychoactive
substances like opioids and cocaine. Finding from this study
is that community meeting gives people living with addiction
the opportunity to learn, introspect, express, and adapt
to techniques of living a drug free life more effectively. It
is the only gathering that allows both psychotic and non-
psychotic clients interact freely and respectfully given way
to teaching, learning and mentoring. The researchers,
therefore, suggest that though drug problems may not vary
however, the approach to addressing this problem should
be tailored in ways that reflects the people and their culture.
Speaker Biography
Nevin Terry Haa is Clinical Psychologist and an expert on drug addiction
counselling with many years of experience working in Centre for
Addiction Treatment and Research Vom, He is trained on drug
addiction assessment and Management by United Nation Office on
Drug and Crime (UNODC) and Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC).
He trains young undergraduate university students on drug addiction.
He has presented Papers on drug addiction in different International
conferences sponsored by UNODC and published papers in reputable
Journals.
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