addiction-psychiatry-2018-posters-abstracts

Addiction Psychiatry 2018

Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy

ISSN: 2155-6105

Page 56

August 13-14, 2018

Madrid, Spain

International Conference on

Addiction Psychiatry

ddiction is a chronic health condition that affects 40 percent

of the American public. It costs society more than $400

billion annually (excluding nicotine), is responsible for up to 45%

of all hospital emergency room admissions and is implicated

in 66% of incarcerations [1,2]. Of the estimated 23-25 million

people who need addiction treatment, about 2.5 million (10%)

receive it [3]. Stigma, insurance barriers, and the perception by

many that they don’t have a problem have limited access to care.

Efforts to reduce stigma in the United States through awareness

programs, the 2008 Mental Health and Addiction Parity Act, and

the influx of newly insured patients through the ACA (Obamacare)

have sparked new interest and led to rapid growth of inpatient

rehabilitation programs. However, despite wider acceptance of

addiction as a chronic brain disorder, treatment continues to be

developed and defined by an emphasis on acute, time-limited

treatments. Addiction treatment has been defined and judged by

this misplaced perception that a fixed duration of treatment will

“fix the problem”. This fragmented approach fails to provide the

life-long management necessary to ensure sustained remission

and it results in high rates of relapse and readmissions to acute

care. Greatly underemphasized is the absence of substantial

and comprehensive community based continuing care and the

paucity of prevention, early identification and intervention efforts.

The absence of comprehensive follow-up care, prevention and

early intervention contradicts the standard treatment of chronic

disease. New ideas, innovative service delivery methods, the use

of addiction medications, alternative clinical interventions, and

technological supports need to be developed, tested, and utilized.

This presentation will describe an approach that incorporates

prevention, early intervention, and extended engagement with

traditional models of care to create seamless, integrated care that

that can produce more favorable long term outcomes.

Addiction Treatment

Raymond V Tamasi

USA

J Addict Res Ther 2018, Volume 9

DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105-C2-040