Integrated drug rehabilitation<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Detoxification to clean up a drug addict's body
\nis just the beginning of a long and winding course of therapy
\nbefore an addict can return to society, a seminar has concluded.<\/p>\n
\"To become physically drug free is easy. Just join a detox
\nprogram and your body will be free from drugs. But what comes
\nnext is more important. Like how they will control the trigger to
\nuse drugs or how to get a job and interact with people,\" Emi
\nSutomo, a member of the Tunas Kencana Indonesia Foundation
\n(YTKI), an association of parents of drug addicts, said during
\nthe seminar on drug abuse here on Monday.<\/p>\n
The seminar, jointly held by YTKI and the Titihan Respati
\nFoundation (YTR) rehabilitation center, introduced a relatively
\nnew method of drug addict treatment called Therapeutic Community
\n(TC). The method has been used in the United States since 1963 by
\nthe New York-based Daytop International rehabilitation center,
\nwhich claims to have healed 93,000 alcohol and drug addicts.<\/p>\n
According to Aloysius Joseph of the U.S. rehabilitation
\ncenter, chemical detoxification is a condition of entry and not
\nthe goal of treatment.<\/p>\n
Rather than focusing on medical treatment, TC is an integrated
\nprogram which involves physical, psychological and social
\ntreatment.<\/p>\n
\"The first thing that is being emphasized is that people can
\nchange. A lot of addicts came, thinking that they couldn't get
\nbetter. But change is possible if they believe so,\" said Joseph.<\/p>\n
YTR is one of only two rehabilitation centers that adopt the
\nTC method.<\/p>\n
The method is divided into two main programs: A primary
\nprogram and reentry or a familiarization program.<\/p>\n
The primary program consists of role modeling, a family milieu
\nconcept, therapeutic session, religious session and peer
\npressure. The session then continues to intellectual and
\nspiritual sessions, vocational survival skills, behavior and
\npsychological shaping.<\/p>\n
The primary program lasts for six months, followed by another
\nsix months of a reentry program or familiarization program in
\nwhich patients prepare for their return to society.<\/p>\n
Most of the drug addicts are trained to become counselors,
\nlike Desy, 17.<\/p>\n
She became an addict three years ago, when she was in second
\nyear of a private junior high school. Starting with drinking, she
\nended up taking putaw (low grade heroin), given to her by a
\nfriend.<\/p>\n
The program costs Rp 3 million a month.<\/p>\n
\"It's expensive because we invite experts and doctors from
\nother countries,\" said Emi.(09)<\/p>",
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