PROGRAMS
Model “Picas y Pláticas”
Presentation:
It is not an expensive proposal that requires a lot of equipment and with an accessible technique that allows the people who are trained in this methodology to access easily.
We consider that no intoxicated person and much less with a drug deependency can be interested in modifying their lifestlye, or even retain basic knowledge. Therefore our objective of social reintegration requires a long term and complex process in which this population is trained, educated having an increased self esteem, first fighting the obstacle of the drug addiction.
Based on the previous concept, the Fundación Renacimiento together with two experts structured a model of attention combining the techniques of Acupuncture and Psychotherapy with highly successful results. The project is supervised by tow recognized experts in their field.
Acupuncture:
Acupuncture consists of stimulating specific points in the skin through the insertion of 5 needles in each ear and 2 on the head during 20 minutes every day and the recommendation is to apply it for 6 months.
Psychological intervention:
The psychological intervention is called “pláticas” (chats). The chats are a brief psychotherapy specially designed for a population with very specific characteristics such as living in the street and with a biography full of external and self destructive aggressions. The psychological intervention is aimed at understanding and changing the emotional aspects that encourage the consumption of drugs; the purpose of the physiologic intervention is detoxification and to reduce the compulsion towards addictive substances; social intervention is channeled towards learning new ways of human interaction.
Results:
Something very important is that the results are achieved using non aggressive practices, without side effects or generating dependency, without medication nor internment, which is very important since it is a treatment that does not violate nobody’s rights or integrity, therefore it has been a different and appealing alternative for the population we take care of, and in addition, to the population in general. In this treatment the patient himself discovers its benefits, recovering his self esteem and stimulating his personal development; the results are apparent in the first 15 days in the average patients. After 6 months, when the treatment is over, you can observe noticeable changes in the consumption. In addition it is a treatment that goes beyond the objective of detoxification, since supported on the social network (family, school, recreation, sports, psychological attention, medical) it makes the comprehensive recovery of the person easier, having an impact on changing to healthier lifestyles, thus resulting in the overall well being of those who receive it.
Today we are applying the proposal to open population who has demanded the attention and the results have been satisfactorys.