Biography
Biography: Prapapun Chucharoen
Abstract
When we talk about chronicity of addiction, we focus on life-long recovery, but this recovery cannot result by enrolling a client in one treatment model. It should be based on a continuum of care, where the treatment system in which clients enter at a particular level needs to correlate with the client’s needs and then step up to an intensive treatment or may lower to less intense treatment as needed. This would also result in client satisfaction and be helpful for those in less restricted environment. Continuum of care is the most comprehensive treatment for drug addicts, especially young clients. The aim of continuum of care is to reduce susceptibility and damage in young clients. This is a great prospect for future prevention as the ones in recovery would advocate others to stay drug free. The continuum of care provides an ongoing psychological and social support to prevent lapse or relapse and get hold of required routine treatment. The prime motive of a continuum of care can be a system where clients can get access and re-access based on their needs at any time. This would also help in catering co-occurring disorders that sometimes go unnoticed and becomes predominant cause of relapse. This symposium would shed a light on the importance of continuum of care which is an evidence based intervention model.