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Information on Relapse Prevention

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Relapse Prevention therapy helps the patient to recover from the drug addiction by forestalling relapse.

Recognized Relapse Prevention Therapy for Drug Addicts


Relapse means going back to pervious state. This phase can come to every abuser. During the recovery period the patient have to face many problems in the name of withdrawal symptoms and they are not easy to bear. Patient have to suffer from uneasiness, loss of appetite, high blood pressure, high heart beat rate, aggressive, irritation, pain in stomach, frequent vomiting, sleeplessness etc. so most of the patient loose the patience and go back to previous situation and start consuming drugs. Relapse prevention is defined as preventing patient to relapse during the recovery period.

Process

It’s not like that the patient relapses in an hour or a day. There are relapses before relapse which are in process for an hour, a day , a week, a month and at last it take shape of final relapse which force the patient to go back and have drugs or alcohol.

The therapists have to understand the warning signals and clues through which he can prevent the patient from relapses. The clues are as under
Anger
Anxiety or nervousness
Denial
Depression
Boredom
Guilt
Fatigue
Impulsive behavior
Unreasonable fears
Feeling hopeless

These are some of the risks factors which force the patient to move towards that life again. The inner urge and cravings occur in the patient. These urges can occur any time even if you are actively participating in the recovery program. The intensity of cravings depends from person to person.

The physical signs are tightness in stomach and nervousness throughout the body. The therapist has to understand these clues and prevent the patient from relapses and follow a better recovery plan and aftercare plan.

Risks and Precautions

If clues are perfectly understood by the therapist then there are no risks.

Results

Results are is positive.