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This federal regulation strictly protects confidentiality of substance use treatment records.
What is 42 CFR Part 2?
This concept in 12-Step programs involves repairing harm done to others.
What are making amends?
This system often creates dual roles for social workers as both helper and enforcer.
What is court-ordered treatment?
This term describes a strong urge or desire to engage in substance use or a behavior.
What is craving?
This type of language increases stigma and perceptions of blame (e.g., “substance abuser”).
What is stigmatizing language?
This principle ensures recovery approaches are client-defined rather than imposed.
What is client autonomy (or client-centered care)?
This happens when spiritual frameworks are imposed and used to avoid deeper psychological work.
What is spiritual bypassing?
This ethical principle requires social workers to clearly explain treatment, risks, and rights to clients.
What is informed consent?
This public health approach focuses on prevention through policy, environment, and community-level interventions.
What is a public health model of addiction?
This factor explains disparities in addiction outcomes—not biological race itself.
What is racism (structural racism)?
This model is criticized for excluding clients who are actively using substances.
What is the abstinence-only model?
This concept refers to a person’s ability to adapt, recover, and grow despite adversity or trauma.
What is resiliency?
This treatment approach meets clients where they are and focuses on safety rather than abstinence.
What is harm reduction?
This social work principle emphasizes a client’s right to make their own choices about treatment and their life, even if others disagree.
What is self-determination?
This concept reframes caregiving behaviors as strengths rather than dysfunction.
What is relational resilience (or adaptive attunement)?
This factor can protect against substance use in Latino youth, including strong family connection and cultural pride.
What are protective factors (or family support/cultural identity)?
This ethical principle emphasizes a client’s right to make their own decisions.
What is self-determination?
This type of therapy focuses on identifying and changing negative thought patterns.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
This tension occurs when systems prioritize punishment over care for substance use.
What is criminalization vs public health approach?
This therapeutic approach aligns with the 12-Step concept of acknowledging ambivalence and readiness to change.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
This treatment disparity shows methadone often in low-income communities while buprenorphine is more accessible to white, middle-class clients.
What is structural inequality in treatment access?
This concept describes emotional harm caused by racism and discrimination.
What is racial trauma?
This concept critiques labeling caregiving behaviors as pathological, especially in marginalized communities.
What is codependency (critique)?
This concept explains how multiple identities (race, class, gender) interact to shape experiences.
What is intersectionality?
This framework emphasizes cultural humility, identity affirmation, and addressing systemic oppression.
What is culturally responsive care?