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A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Recovery: Former Patients’ Experiences and Reflections on the Recovery Process Four Years After Discharge from SUD Treatment
This article concerns people who have developed a substance use disorder (SUD) and sought treatment. SUD is understood as a biopsychosocial disorder. People who want to stop using substances or wish to increase their wellbeing while using substances need to undergo a recovery process. We conducted q...
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description | This article concerns people who have developed a substance use disorder (SUD) and sought treatment. SUD is understood as a biopsychosocial disorder. People who want to stop using substances or wish to increase their wellbeing while using substances need to undergo a recovery process. We conducted qualitative interviews with 11 former patients four years after discharge from inpatient SUD treatment in the Tyrili Foundation to explore their experiences and reflections on SUD and the recovery process. The findings indicated that recovery processes are complex, and feelings of wellbeing and success vary over time. Several interrelated aspects of life were essential for seeking a better life: Understanding own substance use; Feeling safe; Understanding the impact of close relationships; and Perceptions of participation and belonging. The informants emphasised the need for access to professional and social support during the recovery process, which, for some, will last for many years. Receiving such support is not understood as a defeat, and each person’s resources and vulnerabilities should be recognized and acknowledged. SUD and recovery should be understood using the same coherent approach—as an interplay between biological and psychological factors and social, political and cultural contexts. |
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spelling | pubmed-83918732021-08-27 A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Recovery: Former Patients’ Experiences and Reflections on the Recovery Process Four Years After Discharge from SUD Treatment Wangensteen, Turid Hystad, Jacob J Psychosoc Rehabil Ment Health Original Article This article concerns people who have developed a substance use disorder (SUD) and sought treatment. SUD is understood as a biopsychosocial disorder. People who want to stop using substances or wish to increase their wellbeing while using substances need to undergo a recovery process. We conducted qualitative interviews with 11 former patients four years after discharge from inpatient SUD treatment in the Tyrili Foundation to explore their experiences and reflections on SUD and the recovery process. The findings indicated that recovery processes are complex, and feelings of wellbeing and success vary over time. Several interrelated aspects of life were essential for seeking a better life: Understanding own substance use; Feeling safe; Understanding the impact of close relationships; and Perceptions of participation and belonging. The informants emphasised the need for access to professional and social support during the recovery process, which, for some, will last for many years. Receiving such support is not understood as a defeat, and each person’s resources and vulnerabilities should be recognized and acknowledged. SUD and recovery should be understood using the same coherent approach—as an interplay between biological and psychological factors and social, political and cultural contexts. Springer India 2021-08-27 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8391873/ /pubmed/34466372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40737-021-00233-9 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature India Private Limited 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Wangensteen, Turid Hystad, Jacob A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Recovery: Former Patients’ Experiences and Reflections on the Recovery Process Four Years After Discharge from SUD Treatment |
title | A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Recovery: Former Patients’ Experiences and Reflections on the Recovery Process Four Years After Discharge from SUD Treatment |
title_full | A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Recovery: Former Patients’ Experiences and Reflections on the Recovery Process Four Years After Discharge from SUD Treatment |
title_fullStr | A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Recovery: Former Patients’ Experiences and Reflections on the Recovery Process Four Years After Discharge from SUD Treatment |
title_full_unstemmed | A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Recovery: Former Patients’ Experiences and Reflections on the Recovery Process Four Years After Discharge from SUD Treatment |
title_short | A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Recovery: Former Patients’ Experiences and Reflections on the Recovery Process Four Years After Discharge from SUD Treatment |
title_sort | comprehensive approach to understanding substance use disorder and recovery: former patients’ experiences and reflections on the recovery process four years after discharge from sud treatment |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8391873/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34466372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40737-021-00233-9 |
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