Madill, A orcid.org/0000-0002-9406-507X, Duara, R, Goswami, S et al. (2 more authors) (2023) Pathways to recovery model of youth substance misuse in Assam, India. Health Expectations, 26 (1). pp. 318-328. ISSN 1369-6513
Abstract
Introduction
There are global calls for better understanding of substance use disorder (SUD) to inform prevention, risk reduction and treatment of this relapse-prone disorder. Our aim in this article is to understand the pathways to recovery of youth in Assam, India who have suffered SUD.
Methods
We recruited 15 participants (11 men and 4 women) via two rehabilitation facilities. All are addicts-in-recovery aged 19–24 years. Material was generated through photo-led interviews, analysed using an inductive variant of thematic analysis and the resulting model refined through expert and participant checks.
Results
We present a multiroute, multidirectional pathway to recovery model. It has three phases, Recreational Use, Addiction (Relaxed, Chaotic, Strategic) and Supported Recovery, each phase consisting of cycling between, or transitioning through, a series of stages.
Conclusions
The model enhances psycho-socio-cultural insights into the experience of risk and recovery, and informs prevention and treatment for youth substance misuse in Assam. This is the first model of its kind and an important public health resource. We discuss the possible transferability of the model to a wider range of contexts.
Patient or Public Contribution
The model presented was generated through analysis of interviews with addicts-in-recovery. Four of these addicts-in-recovery, and two mental health and rehabilitation service providers, conducted participant and expert checks of the model leading to its improvement.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Health Expectations published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | addiction recovery, LMIC, mental health, substance abuse disorder, visual methods |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) ES/S00047X/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2022 08:00 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 23:08 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/hex.13658 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192703 |