Similarities in Intervention Methods with Methamphetamine Addicts and Traumatic Brain Injured Clients
Friday, March 14th, 2008By Rick Moldenhauer; MS,LADC, ICADC, LPC, treatment services consultant, Chemical Health Division, DHS, State of Minnesota
In working with addicts newly engaged in abstinence from methamphetamine use, I have found similarities to those not exhibiting a pattern of addiction, rather a symptom cluster often associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI), Symptoms can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain, regardless of it’s etiology (blunt force trauma or methamphetamine induced neuro-chemical alterations), Some symptoms are evident immediately, while others do not surface until a period of time has passed after the injury/termination of chemical use. (more…)
