Final Post

According to Dictionary.com an intervention is defined as being the, “Interposition or interference of one state in the affairs of another". Interventions have many negative aspects that can affect both the patient and the loved ones that are involved. The primary purpose for interventions is to help the addict or the person suffering seek professional assistance in order to get better. Not all interventions help the patient get better. If the patient does not decide to seek help there are major consequences such as, banishment from the family, financial instability, and if the addict has committed an offense it can lead to jail time. Some interventions are not successful and cause the patient to break down or go back to old habits. There are three main reasons that interventions could negatively affect someone.
ü Reason 1: Interventions can make the patient feel isolated and betrayed.Interventions can arise many feeling in the addict such as isolation and betrayal. When the addict hears about the many problems that they have and that they cause is can become overwhelming because not everyone can take constructive criticism. Shelton says, “Addicted people have often lost the ability to ask for help and live with the delusion that they can stop on their own and do not need help”. The addict can feel like everyone in the intervention room is there to destroy them or tear them down and that leads to the feeling of betrayal. According to Shelton, “Interventions are never for the purpose of shaming, blaming, attacking, or taking the opportunity to express anger”. Some of the things that are mentioned about the addict can cause the addict to feel lonely and like they are the only one in the world with this problem. Even though, “The overall objective is to confront the person in a non-threatening way and help them to see their destructive behavior, and how it affects them, family, and friends” (Fable). This can lead to the addict not initially wanting to receive help.
ü Reason 2: Interventions can bring up hidden emotions.Interventions can also bring up emotions that the family members and friends were hiding from the addict. Especially emotions that the addict didn’t know were present. These hidden emotions could take a toll on both the addict and the loved ones. These hidden emotions could also invoke certain actions in the addict. Some addicts can be calm during interventions, but most react very drastically and violently. This is a very negative aspect of interventions.
ü Reason 3: Interventions can have a financial burden on the people involved especially the family of the addict.The cost of the addict’s addiction can be expensive by itself. Along with the cost of the intervention, the intervention specialist, rehabilitation costs, and money for the trip, interventions can require a large sum of money that most likely the addict doesn't have to come up with. In most cases of interventions, the family of the addict has the burden of trying to come up with the money to pay for these things. Not all of the families that decide to participate in an intervention is wealthy or well off. So money can be a major issue.
After evaluating the opinions of the positive side it has been agreed upon that, interventions do have negative affects, but the good effects outweigh the bad for three specific reasons.
ü Reason 1: Interventions provide the help that the patient really needs to have a better life. Fable says, “The immediate objective of an intervention is for the self-destructive person to listen and accept the help that is offered”. With the help of interventions the victim could gradually escape the many problems that they once faced. The patient can continue on to a life of prosperity and happiness.
ü Reason 2: Interventions can either bring up hidden emotions or heal old wounds, but it depends on the people involved in the situation at hand. For some people an intervention could bring up old family secrets that wasn’t suppose to be revealed. In most families that contain an addict, they can experience humiliation and embarrassment. For others the addiction has created a pot hole in their family environment and the emotions and thoughts revealed in the intervention may be the glue that puts their family back together. The intervention process for these people is viewed as, “A life saving mission whereby loving family members and concerned friends are educated about addictions and led by a trained interventionist for the purpose of helping the sick loved one with an opportunity for recovery” (Shelton).
ü Reason 3: Although, the idea of paying for the intervention process is better than the idea of supporting the addict’s habits, interventions could also cause a financial burden to most families. Not all families that participate in intervention have the money to pay for a state- of –art treatment facility. I am sure that the family of the patient would like the patient to have the best treatment that money could buy, but this is a dream to some of the families that participate in the intervention process. Money can be a huge deal when it comes to a successful intervention. Shelton says that, “The cost of an intervention depends on many factors including location and travel”.
According to http://www.mccallumplace.com/financial.html, Eating Disorders Treatment Costs:
· Acute 24 hour care is $1,100 per day and includes individual psychiatrist visits.
· Extended Partial Hospitalization (10 hour PHP) care is $800 per day and includes individual psychiatrist visits.
· Traditional Partial Hospitalization (6 hour PHP) is $600 per day.
· Intensive Outpatient Program is $275 per day.
· Transition House - the overnight fee is $75 per night plus applicable programming costs (varies depending on level of care)
Although most of the time interventions make people better and improve their lives there are still those few individuals that break during the intervention process. Not all of the patients that are forced in the intervention want to be helped. Most of the patients believe that life is fine the way that it is. Even though there are positive aspects of interventions lets NOT ignore the negative aspects cause remember there is no hiding the negative aspects in life because they will always be present.
Works Cited
Fable, Jan. Alcohol & Drug Intervention Services. 21 Apr. 2008.
http://www.forhealing.org/intervention.html
“Intervention”. A&E. 1996-2008. 21 Apr. 2008. A&E Television.
http://www.aetv.com/intervention/
McCallum Place. Eating Disorders Treatment Center. 2003-2007. 21 Apr. 2008.
http://www.mccallumplace.com/
Shelton, James David. “What is an Intervention?” Addiction Intervention Services. 21 Apr.
2008. James D. Shelton Services. http://addictioninterventionservices.com/

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Rough Draft

Interventions have many negative aspects that can affect both the patient and the loved ones that are involved. The primary purpose for interventions is to help the addict or the person suffering seek professional assistance in order to get better. Not all interventions help the patient get better. If the patient does not decide to seek help there are major consequences such as, banishment from the family, financial instability, and if the addict has committed an offense it can lead to jail time. Some interventions are not successful and cause the patient to break down or go back to old habits. There are three main reasons that interventions could negatively affect someone such as interventions can make the patient feel isolated and betrayed, interventions can bring up hidden emotions, and interventions can have a financial burden on the people involved especially the family of the addict. After evaluating the opinions of the positive side it has been agreed upon that, interventions do have negative affects, but the good effects outweigh the bad for three specific reasons.
Reason 1: Interventions provide the help that the patient really needs to have a better life. With the help of interventions the victim could gradually escape the many problems that they once faced. The patient can continue on to a life of prosperity and happiness.
Reason 2: Interventions can either bring up hidden emotions or heal old wounds, but it depends on the people involved in the situation at hand. For some people an intervention could bring up old family secrets that wasn’t suppose to be revealed. In most families that contain an addict experience humiliation and, “Embarrassment that won’t go away” (http://www.a&e.com/). For others the addiction has created a pot hole in their family environment and the emotions and thoughts revealed in the intervention may be the glue that puts their family back together.
Reason 3: Although, the idea of paying for the intervention process is better than the idea of supporting the addict’s habits, interventions could also cause a financial burden to most families. Not all families that participate in intervention have the money to pay for a state- of –art treatment facility. I am sure that the family of the patient would like the patient to have the best treatment that money could buy, but this is a dream to some of the families that participate in the intervention process. Money can be a huge deal when it comes to a successful intervention.
Although most of the time interventions make people better and improve their lives there are still those few individuals that break during the intervention process. Not all of the patients that are forced in the intervention want to be helped. Most of the patients believe that life is fine the way that it is. Even though there are positive aspects of interventions lets NOT ignore the negative aspects cause remember there is no hiding the negative aspects in life because they will always be present.
References
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Mediated Brief

Interventions have many negative aspects that can affect both the patient and the loved ones that are involved. The primary purpose for interventions is to help the addict or the person suffering seek professional assistance in order to get better. Not all interventions help the patient get better. Some interventions are not successful and cause the patient to break down or go back to old habits. There are three main reasons that interventions could negatively affect someone such as interventions can make the patient feel isolated and betrayed, interventions can bring up hidden emotions, and interventions can have a financial burden on the people involved especially the family of the addict. After evaluating the opinions of the positive side it has been agreed upon that, interventions do have negative affects, but the good effects outweigh the bad for three specific reasons.
Reason 1: Interventions provide the help that the patient really needs to have a better life. With the help of interventions the victim could gradually escape the many problems that they once faced. The patient can continue on to a life of prosperity and happiness.
Reason 2: Interventions can either bring up hidden emotions or heal old wounds, but it depends on the people involved in the situation at hand. For some people an intervention could bring up old family secrets that wasn’t suppose to be revealed. For others the addiction has created a pot hole in their family environment and the emotions and thoughts revealed in the intervention may be the glue that puts their family back together.
Reason 3: Although, the idea of paying for the intervention process is better than the idea of supporting the addict’s habits, interventions could also cause a financial burden to most families. Not all families that participate in intervention have the money to pay for a state- of –art treatment facility. I am sure that the family of the patient would like the patient to have the best treatment that money could buy, but this is a dream to some of the families that participate in the intervention process. Money can be a huge deal when it comes to a successful intervention.

Negative side of Interventions

According to Dictionary.com an intervention is defined as being the , " Interposition or interference of one state in the affairs of another". The primary purpose for interventions is to help the addict or the person suffering seek professional assistance in order to get better. Interventions treat all addicts not just drug addicts. Some other types of addicts that are treated by interventions are shopping addicts, alcoholics, gamblers, anorexics, and bulimics. While they are positive aspects of interventions, there are many reasons why interventions could have a negative affect on the people involved.

Reason 1: Interventions can make the patient feel isolated and betrayed.

Interventions can arise many feeling in the addict such as isolation and betrayel. When the addict hear about the many problems that they have and that they cause is can become overwhelming because not everyone can take constructive criticism. The addict can feel like everyone in the intervention room is there to destroy them or tear them down and that leads to the feeling of betrayal. Some of the things that are mentioned about the addict can cause the addict to feel lonely and like they are the only one in the world with this problem. This can lead to the addict not initially wanting to recieve help.

Reason 2:Interventions can bring up hidden emotions.

Interventions can also bring up emotions that the family members and friends were hiding from the addict. Emotions that the addict didn't know what was present. These hidden emotions could take a toll on both the addict and the loved ones. These hidden emotions could also invoke certain actions in the addict. Some addicts can be calm during interventions, but most react very drastically and violently. This is a very negative aspect of interventions.

Reason 3: Interventions can have a financial burden on the people involved especially the family of the addict.

The cost of the addicts addiction can be expensive by itself. Along with the cost of the intervention, the intervention specialist, rehabilitation costs, and money for the trip, interventions can require a large sum of money that most likely the addict doesn't have to come up with. In most cases of interventions, the family of the addict has the burden of trying to come up with the money to pay for these things. Not all of the families that decide to participate in an intervention is wealthy or well off. So money can be a major issue.