Relevance is the key requirement for adoption or use of virtually anything including the choice in drug rehabs. If something is not relevant, it’s not used. Relevance can best be defined as the degree to which a resource or activity matches an end user’s needs. Drug rehabs can meet needs; but what are those needs within the context of substance abuse treatments?

The closer the match to a suited drug rehab, the greater the potential benefit or success derived from treatment.

Within the drug rehabilitation industry (particularly inpatient rehab programs), determining relevance is a very subjective concept. I recall taking many courses where I couldn’t understand practical use. Concepts seemed too obscure to be applied to real life. How does one document addictions treatment centers in a way that clearly shows relevance? Later, I often discovered that some types are for direct application, others for building drug addiction treatment knowledge (which subsequently will also lead to direct application to creating better drug rehabilitation facilities); still others for shaping frameworks that will guide the ever changing design of alternative drug rehabs treatments.

Do drug rehabs possess the key to understanding addictions in the way in which drug rehab work? Or is it more important that we know where to find the knowledge needed to build a better drug rehab program? We shall find out soon….

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