Attachment, A Matter of Substance: The Potential of Attachment Theory in the Treatment of Addictions

摘要: In North America, substance abuse is a public health crisis with annual costs in the billions. Individuals suffer from use disorders for multiple years throughout their lifespan. This suggests that neither historical, community-based interventions, nor current, evidence-based behavioral modalities are successful healing causes of addiction. A growing corpus research has established traumatic early-childhood experiences and insecure attachments both independent interrelated risk factors developing disorders. An impressive literature emerging exploring potential applications attachment theory-informed intervention. There yet to be widespread adoption such techniques. By examining scholarly literature, this paper synthesizes existing work on theory treatment clinical case application provided highlight attachment-informed therapy. Recommendations using approaches various groups offered.