It is quite noteworthy that relapse in substance use has been discussed more on an international level, than on a national level. In Sweden, research has focused on the recovery process, relapse avoiding strategies, and on relapse prevention treatment. Therefore, this study aims to describe and analyze individual and social risk factors for relapse in substance use from the perspective of both therapists and substance users. This is to analyze whether there are common denominators and/or major differences between these perspectives. Through qualitative interviews, where four therapists and four previously treated substance users were interviewed, we got access to different people’s substance use stories and opinions on relapse. To summarize our results, both users and therapists named triggers as negative emotions, and multi-problems such as mental health issues, but even damaged brain as an individual risk factor. They mentioned, furthermore, social relations, poor working alliance between users and professionals, and alcohol availability as Swedish tradition as social risk factors. Users alsomentioned exclusion and stigma in Sweden as social risk factors, meanwhile, therapists named loneliness as a social risk factor. These perspectives overlapped to a considerable extent, but therapists in some cases had a more scientific understanding of relapse.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-201600 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Nuaman, Rima, Tran, Annie |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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