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Intervention
What is a Intervention
Intervention is a coordinated effort by a group of individuals (typically family and friends) designed to get a person to enter into drug or alcohol rehabilitation. This technique has been used to address a wide range of behaviors including substance abuse, gambling, smoking, overeating. Intervention is not a type of treatment, but rather a means to initiate treatment.
Developed in the 1960s, interventions have developed along two distinct lines: direct and invitational. Each has its strong points, but invitational intervention is becoming the dominant procedure. One of the issues with direct intervention that has caused it to come under fire is its confrontational approach and its emphasis on the individual and his or her issues. Invitational approaches shift the emphasis from the individual’s self-destruction and refocuses it on how the destructive behavior or activity is negatively affecting those around the individual in question. This shifts the focus away from the individual and shares the responsibility to help among the various members of the intervention group. Invitational intervention is patterned on two models: systematic and ARISE. Each emphasizes the dignity and humanity of the addicted individual.
In brief, a systematic intervention approach is designed to get the individual from his or her current state to a desired. In order to accomplish this, it is necessary to recognize the gap that exists between the two and identify and employ methods to bring about movement towards the desired state. The ARISE model uses an individual’s support system as a motivating force to seek treatment.