TIP 59-Improving Cultural Competence-Chapter 6

Course overview

This course deals with drug and recovery cultures. It includes an explanation of what drug cultures are and their role in substance abuse treatment as well as: how drug cultures differ, how to identify key characteristics of drug cultures, the relationship between drug cultures and mainstream culture, understanding why people are attracted to drug cultures, the role of drug cultures in substance abuse treatment, drug cultures in assessment and engagement, finding alternatives to drug cultures, and developing a culture of recovery.