Several treatment settings and treatment modalities such as outpatient, inpatient, AA, group therapy, internet therapy, etc. are identified in Week 3’s literature. Think about your social media campaign selected population and identify one setting that would work best for your population of interest and state why based on the literature.
Also, respond to two students who have selected different treatment setting and identify a strength for one setting and a weakness for another setting.
JASON
Being as that I selected military personnel as my target population for the social media campaign project, I think having a soldier do the outpatient treatment method would be best. This is because military life can be very demanding at times and soldiers are constantly on the go. By going the outpatient route, soldiers aren’t spending weeks in a hospital or community help center, instead they are still able to carry on with their normal daily life. There are two different levels of outpatient treatments, intensive outpatient treatment and standard outpatient treatment. The one I would start off with for a soldier would be the standard outpatient treatment, while as intense, it consists of having several sessions a month or a couple a week and is offered in a variety of places ranging from community health centers to patient-driven support groups. This type of treatment relies heavily on either individual or group-based psychosocial interventions including cognitive-behavioral therapy and motivational enhancement therapy, which can be a good way to help soldiers to feel better about themselves and as a result can help to boost morale. This is awesome because before taking this class I never knew that outpatient treatments even existed.
University of Maryland Global Campus. Available at: https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX2869800017&v=2.1&u=umd_umuc&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w&asid=089b3ce37a3360907a8745f59f7d98f9 (Accessed: November 2, 2022).
DANI
In order for any treatment program to be effective, it must be able to connect with the patient in a way that they can comprehend and best receive the therapy needed. My social media campaign is targeting high school seniors and underage drinking. In order to reach this population leveraging technology would be my first form of therapy to try.
These types of interventions stand out because of the familiarity with computers, phones, and other technology gadgets, lower costs, and standardized treatments in a group and individual settings. These measures can also offer preventative measures that can be easily accessible without in-person appointments that can drain time and resources or alter the consistency with the standard of service offered under the physician extender model, which is set up to increase access and availability to preventative and maintenance therapy needed for these young adults, while lowering costs and allowing these patients an outlet within their comfort zone.
In closing, youth-based therapy seems better suited to begin in their world, both for efficiency and effectiveness and to reach out to this population and develop a shared platform that has a community-based outreach program for them to receive the needed care necessary to prevent underage drinking.
Reference
Greenfield, S. F., Crisafulli, M. A., Kaufman, J. S., Freid, C. M., Bailey, G. L., Connery, H. S., Rapoza, M., & Rodolico, J. (2014). Implementing substance abuse group therapy clinical trials in real-world settings: challenges and strategies for participant recruitment and therapist training in the Women’s Recovery Group Study. The American journal on addictions, 23(3), 197–204. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1521-0391.2014.12099.x
National Guideline Centre (UK). Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s: service delivery and organisation. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2018 Mar. (NICE Guideline, No. 94.) Chapter 20, Physician extenders. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK564904/
