title: Factors initiating/affecting the treatment of drug use and the drug user.
abstract: This paper proposes that the continued pessimism regarding the treatment of the drug user and the anticipated-related poor outcome results may/can be overcome by paying attention to four significant factors associated with the treatment process. These are a clearer understanding of the factors initiating treatment and their associated models, the goal systems used, criteria for selecting treatment agents, and treatment as a temporal process for all who are or should be involved in it. If these factors are not better understood and more effectively utilized, treatment planning becomes a happening and treatment failure becomes a built-in self-fulfilling prophecy.
mesh_terms: D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D008019:Life Style; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012380:Role; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*