On becoming oriented to inpatient addiction treatment: inducting new patients and professionals to the recovery movement.
Professionals starting on a rehabilitation unit must join the unit culture, learning to work side by side with addiction counselors who are often "in recovery." They then face the task of integrating self-help and psychological models of treatment. Patients undergo their own induction, first accepting the attribution of "addict," and then joining a subculture of recovery that provides ego support and a sense of higher purpose. Group therapy is the primary avenue of acculturation for both patients and professionals.
Kemker
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Alcoholism Treatment Unit, New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, White Plains, NY.
Kibel
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Mahler
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D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D000436:Alcoholics Anonymous; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012931:Social Environment; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*