CLIENT GROUP

The Client Group: Interventions for Alcohol Abuse

Abstract

The paper explains the significant hazards and issues that occur due to the use of alcohol. It emphasizes the effectiveness of group therapy for the client group. Furthermore, theoretical frameworks are also used in group work for the client group. Also, the effectiveness of the treatment model is discussed in the paper. Some of the difficult behaviors that facilitators face when dealing with the client group are discussed as well. Moreover, some common strategies which can be used to overcome the issue are also explained in the paper.

The Client Group: Interventions for Alcohol Abuse

Introduction

The alcohol abuse is a serious public health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the abuse of alcohol imposes a considerable burden on companies of highly undesirable and costly injuries. Alcohol use directly affects cognitive and physical function. Hazardous use can reduce self-control and the ability to process arrival information and assess risks, and increase the liability emotional and impulsivity, which makes some drinkers more likely to resort to violence in case of confrontation (Heather, 1989, pp.112). In the same way, decreased physical control and the ability to recognize the signs alarm in potentially hazardous situations may convert some drinkers' easy targets offender. It is estimated that the burden of alcohol (including physical illnesses, such as cirrhosis, and trauma caused by car accidents) corresponds to about 1.5% of deaths and 3.5% of DALYs (Disability-Adjusted Life Years), placing the control the use of alcohol as a public health priority.

The abuse of alcohol was chosen by the Ministry of Health to make the top ten health problems to be prioritized by the Family Health Program. The concept of abuse of alcohol does not just apply to the dependent or the patient who comes to the clinic with alcoholic breath, intoxicated or in withdrawal syndrome. There are other patterns of alcohol use that causes harm or substantial risk to the individual. Among them, the situation of excessive drinking every day or repeated episodes of alcohol intoxication. Alcohol consumption causes damage to physical, mental or social can extend in a continuum, from a pattern of excessive drinking to dependence on the beverage (Ballesteros et. Al., 2004, pp. 106).

Discussion

The individual and societal beliefs about the effects of alcohol (for example, increasing confidence and aggressiveness) can induce consume preparation for participation in violence. Being a victim or witness of violence can lead to harmful use of alcohol as a coping mechanism or to self-medicate.

Effectiveness of Group Therapy

The group therapy plays a significant role in the treatment of acute complications in systematic drug intoxication or chronic abuse. These are less depressing evidence that early intervention in cases of asymptomatic patients will benefit. In particular, under the control of the situation has not been shown that the detection and treatment of abuse of alcohol and other drugs identified among asymptomatic patients who did not give any better results than conventional treatment after onset of signs and symptoms (Moyer ...