Profile of a group of Spanish-speaking self-changers from northern Spain and southern Florida (USA) / Perfil de un grupo de autocambiadores hispanohablantes del Norte de España y del Sur de Florida (EEUU)
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https://doi.org/10.21134/haaj.v8i1.67Keywords:
Recuperación natural, Autocambiadores, adicción, alcohol, drogas ilegales. / Keywords, Natural recovery, Self-changers, addiction, illegal drugs.Abstract
Los que abandonan o reducen el consumo de alcohol y otras sustancias. El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar en población hispanohablante, los procesos, las circunstancias y las características que explican cómo y porqué los adictos a sustancias (alcohol y otras drogas) se recuperan sin solicitar ayuda profesional. Utilizando fundamentalmente anuncios de prensa, se reclutaron 54 autocambiadores hispanohablantes que llevaban
al menos 1 año recuperados, de los cuales 29 fueron reclutados en España y 25 en el Sur de Florida (EEUU). A todos ellos se les evaluó en una única sesión en aspectos relacionados con la adicción y la recuperación.
Los resultados mostraron que el autocambiador hispanohablante es fundamentalmente un varón de mediana edad, que ha tenido problemas en el pasado con el alcohol y que ha abandonado el consumo por razones de salud, sin acudir a tratamiento por no considerar su problema de gravedad. El perfil encontrado en este estudio de los participantes hispanohablantes es muy similar al encontrado en estudios previos con población no hispanohablante.
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Natural recovery has shown itself to be the most common form of recovery among those who give up or reduce the use of alcohol and other substances. The goal of the present work was to analyze in Spanish-speaking population the processes, circumstances and characteristics that explain how and why addicts to substances (alcohol and other drugs) recover without seeking professional help. Using mainly press advertisements, we recruited 54 Spanish-speaking self-changers who had recovered at least 1 year previously, 29 from Spain and 25 from southern Florida (USA). All participants were assessed in a single session on aspects related to addiction and recovery. The results showed that the Spanish-speaking self-changer is basically a middle-aged male, who has had problems in the past with alcohol and who has given it up for health reasons, without seeking treatment since he does not consider it a serious problem. The profile found in this study with Spanish-speaking participants is very similar to that found in previous studies with non-Spanish-speaking populations.
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