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De-Addiction & Rehabilitation MSK Therapy

MSK Vision :

Our MSK vision is to develop an environment for our beneficiaries in which they can make healthy choices and lead a life of dignity and respect with Education, Economy, Social and Psychological Health.

Mission :

Our mission is to provide quality and cost effective services to people negatively affected by issues related to social and health. This is achieved by a holistic mind set knowledge analysis therapeutic approach (Mind Lab-For Discovering unknown skill & ill) to the people.so that the clients will achieve a degree of wellbeing and wellness.

Addiction Definition :

The term "addiction" describes a compulsive act which causes harm to the person and those around them and over which the person no longer has control.

Addiction is both psychological and behavioral. Addictions are characterized by craving, compulsion, an inability to stop using the drug and lifestyle dysfunction due to drug use.

Behavioral addictions are those not involving a substance. This type of addiction can be an impulse control disorder as defined in the DSM-IV-TR

Type of addiction :

List of Addictions to Substances :

  • Alcohol
  • Drug
  • Opioids (like heroin)
  • Prescription drugs (sedatives, hypnotics, or anxiolytics like sleeping pills and tranquilizers)
  • Cocaine
  • Cannabis (marijuana)
  • Other unspecified substances

List of Addictions to Digital Addiction :

  • Facebook
  • Whatsapp and others
  • TV
  • Mobile /Computer

List of Addictions - Behavioral :

It has been suggested one of the types of addictions is behavioral addiction. The following is a list of behaviors that have been noted to be addictive.

  • Food (Eating) / Frequently Restaurant Food
  • Pornography (Attaining & Viewing)
  • Computer /Internet /Video game/mobile
  • Working ("Workaholics")
  • Exercising – over Body conscious
  • Spiritual obsession (as opposed to religious devotion)
  • Feeling Pain (Attention seeking and always help)
  • Shopping (Shopaholic)
  • Over day time Sleeping or sleeplessness Night
List of Impulse Control Disorders :

The DSM-IV-TR lists disorders where impulses cannot be resisted, which could be considered a type of addiction. The following is a list of the recognized impulse control disorders.

  • Intermittent explosive disorder (compulsive aggressive and assaultive acts)
  • Kleptomania (compulsive stealing)
  • Pyromania (compulsive setting of fires)
  • Gambling
  • Fear / anxiety / anger / Block magic / Ghost / Headache / Scolding / Disease
Love addiction & Love De-addiction MSK Therapy :

Love addiction is a proposed model of pathological passion-related behavior involving the feeling of being in love.The symptoms of love addiction are largely focused around unhealthy dependency within relationships. These include, self-neglect and distorted thoughts, feelings and behaviour around love and fantasies and relationships. This means most love addicts fall in love very quickly but have a hard time coping with a long term relationship. Once the initial attraction fades and the honeymoon period is over, love addicts quickly lose interest and begin neglecting their relationship.

List of Love Addiction :
  • Obsessed Love Addicts
  • Codependent Love Addicts
  • Relationship Addicts
  • Narcissistic Love Addicts
  • Narcissists and Codependents
  • Ambivalent Love Addicts
  • Torch Bearers
  • Romance Addicts
  • Seductive Withholders
  • Saboteurs

Psychosocial Therapy : It’s an ongoing process during the process, it helps to identify ones strengths and weakness and address it with the guidance of a mind consultant.Cognitive behavioral therapy, family counseling, and other therapy approaches can help people recovering from opioid addiction stay clean.

Treatment Mindset Knowledge Strategy :

An integrated approach is followed by the MSK Life Clinic Foundation to address these problems and rehabilitate the individuals by bringing wellness and wellbeing in his life. This been done by building the capacity to perform different roles and responsibilities in the society as well as to lead a full-fledged and meaningful life.

Comprehensive De-addiction Services :

Pre-admission Counselling : This will help the addict to identify his problems, accept it and the need to undergo the treatment. This also prepares the addict mentally for the transition period.

Management of withdrawal symptoms : During first few days of detoxification, the patient may undergo the withdrawal period. The severity of withdrawal symptoms depends on person to person, types of drugs used and period of abused.

Behavior Change Communication :

This involves providing information/knowledge, building awareness and changing attitude and behavior for healthy & safer choices in life.

Community Therapy :

It essentially teaches empathize and expressing ones feelings and emotions appropriately. This shall equip the person with better interpersonal relationship and communication skills and thereby will have better adjustments with community and society.

Family Therapy :

In most of the cases the immediate family members will also be in distress due to the tremendous social, economic and psychological pressure. The family counseling sessions enables the family members to better understand the situation, cope up with that and act appropriately.

PSYCHOLOGICAL LIFE SKILL DEVELOPMENT THERAPIES :
  • DRINK REFUSAL SKILLS :
    Drink refusal skills are imparted to persons willing to abstain from alcohol as to how confidently but assertively refuse to budge for the social pressure to drink alcohol and not feel guilty about the refusal.
  • PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS TRAINING :
    This skill helps the person to manage problems which disturb his/her resolve to abstain from alcohol dependency of the alcohol when ever encountered with problem. But this skill is refined and reinforced mostly during relapse prevention and post discharge period.
  • ASSERTIVENESS SKILL TRAINING :
    Expressing one's feelings both pleasure and displeasure is a skill very important for a harmonious social living. For some assertively expressing their displeasure and discomfort itself can create anxiety, frustration and anger. If they are not able to manage this side effect of lack of assertive skills it can lead to harmful drinking behavior take drugs.
  • REALAXATIONS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT SKILL TRAINIG :
    Tension can be physical, mental or psychosocial. Tension can be a predisposing factor in some for drinking alcohol or taking drugs. Hence if the issues leading to tension and skills to manage tension if not addressed can be a factor for relapse. Alcohol and Drug De-addition and rehabilitation program are taught relaxation techniques both conventional like deep muscle relaxation, relaxation imagery and those derived from Yoga to manage stress appropriately.
  • BEHAVIOURAL SELF MANAGEMENT :
    Alcohol and Drug De-addition and rehabilitation engage residents for behavioralself-management( especially those who Join for Harm Reduction Wellness program) for those who wish to cut down the amount of alcohol rather than stopping. Behavioralself-management includes :
    • Self-Monitoring
    • Setting drinking limits
    • Controlling rates of drinking
    • Identifying problem drinking situations
    • Self-reward for limited drinking
  • MIND SET KNOWLEDEG COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING :
    Many people with harmful and even dependence to alcohol and drugs will have peculiar beliefs about the reason and cause for them to drink and continue to take despite the awareness about the harmful effects of the alcohol and drugs. Here the irrational, counterproductive beliefs and attitudes contribute to continue drinking alcohol and taking drugs. At our Alcohol and Drug De-Addiction and rehabilitation therapy with cognitive restructuring in both individual and group level the person is made to understand his/her faulty understanding harming them.

Follow up by Telephone Calls/ House/workplace visits (at local): As a part of the after care services, the d patients are encouraged to keep in touch in person or with help of communication tools. In case of need, the counselors visit the homes/workplaces.

Outreach Awareness Camps

MSK Life Clinic Foundation identify drug addiction as a social problem and best method to combat it to prevent it. Camps are frequently organized in drug prone areas and information regarding various aspects of drug abuse is provided.