Aversion Therapy to Treat Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Aversion Therapy to Treat Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Evidence-based practices in addiction treatment: Review and recommendations for public policy is the article which is chosen for the review of the aversion therapy in order to treat Alcohol abuse. However, the purpose of the article is to provide the accessible information on the treatment of drug abuse, which is more effective on the alcohol addicts. Furthermore, the article review is developed with an aim of proposing a critical appraisal on the international evidences for the effectiveness of the interventions and the treatments for alcohol and drug addicts and related problems. However the problem of drug abuse has risen in a lot of countries and is considered as a very serious issue, these days. Billions of dollars are consumed every year internationally in order to prevent the misuse of drugs, to treat the addicts and to fight against all the drug related crimes. Even though drugs threaten a lot of societies, but still their effects could be combated successfully. The abuse of drugs is known for causing countless problems for countries and for communities as well. The psychological and the medical effects are also very obvious to all. Those people who are drug addicts, they are not capable of functioning as normal individuals of the society. Also, they neglect and abuse their family and friends and eventually in the end, they are left with no other option but to go through expensive treatment and prolonged hospitalization (Gorman, 2008).

The study conducted on the reasonable sources, where the literature of the article prescribes a lot of treatments for the alcohol problems which are both effective and cost effective. The literature is based on the evidences where only those treatments are supported via evidences, which are available and cost effective ...