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Keith Benjamin Bakker (born November 24, 1960) is an American-Dutch former mental health practitioner and convicted criminal.He specialized in drug rehabilitation and became known in the Netherlands for his addiction rehabilitation clinic, Smith & Jones, and appearances on several Dutch television programs.
The Dutch Association of Mental Health and Addiction Care (Dutch: GGZ Nederland, Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg) is an organisation of mental health and addiction care providers in the Netherlands. It has over 100 member organisations, which in 2012 employed around 85,000 people.
Traditional addiction treatment is based primarily on counseling. Counselors help individuals with identifying behaviors and problems related to their addiction. It can be done on an individual basis, but it's more common to find it in a group setting and can include crisis counseling, weekly or daily counseling, and drop-in counseling supports.
For this group of patients, heroin-assisted treatment has proven superior in improving their social and health situation. [2] Heroin-assisted treatment is fully a part of the national health system in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, [3] and Denmark. [4] Additional trials are being carried out in the United Kingdom, [5] Norway, [6 ...
The Netherlands spends more than €130 million annually on facilities for addicts, of which about fifty percent goes to drug addicts. The Netherlands has extensive demand reduction programs, reaching about ninety percent of the country's 25,000 to 28,000 hard drug users.
Ibogaine treatment clinics have emerged in Mexico, Bahamas, Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, and New Zealand, all operating in what has been described as a "legal gray area". [62] [63] Costa Rica also has treatment centers. [54] Covert, illegal neighborhood clinics are known to exist in the United States, despite active DEA surveillance. [64]
The facility caters for youth from 12 – 18 years old (sometime max 24 at end of stay, normal intelligent and without very serious addiction problems. Youth living at the facility are sent via the (juvenile) court when the judge decides that juvenile needs treatment (for his (mis)behaviour / behaviour problems) in a closed setting.
SMART Recovery is based on scientific knowledge and is intended to evolve as scientific knowledge evolves. [4] The program uses principles of motivational interviewing, found in motivational enhancement therapy (MET), [5] and techniques taken from rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), as well as scientifically validated research on treatment. [6]