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Understanding recovery barriers: youth perceptions about substance use relapse
Rachel Gonzales1, M Douglas Anglin, Rebecca Beattie
1Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. rachelmg@ucla.edu
Objective:
To qualitatively explore how treatment-involved youth retrospectively contextualize relapse from substance use.
Methods:
Fourteen focus groups were conducted with 118 youth (78.3% male; 66.1% Latino) enrolled in participating substance abuse treatment programs (4 young adult and 10 adolescent) throughout Los Angeles County. Transcripts were analyzed for relapse perception themes.
Results:
Dominant relapse themes include emotional reasons (90%), life stressors (85%), cognitive factors (75%), socialization processes (65%), and environmental issues (55%).
Conclusions:
Youth perceptions about relapse during treatment should be used to better inform clinical approaches and shape early-intervention recovery agendas for substance-abusing youth.
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