YCH Enterprise Yoakum County Hospital Plains Clinic.
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•Has your use increased over time?
•When you stop, do you experience withdrawal?
•Difficulty controlling your use?•Continued use despite negative
consequences?•Desire to cut down?•Spending significant time or
emotional energy to obtain, use, conceal, planning, or recovering from your use?
Are you an
addict?
The Disease Model of Addiction
• Addiction is a stress induced defect acting on a genetic vulnerability in the reward learning areas in the midbrain and the emotion choice areas of the frontal cortex.
Left Prefrontal
• Logical• Reasoning• Language• Factual• “File Cabinet”
Right Prefrontal
• Experiential• Emotional• Non-verbal• Imaginative• “The CEO”
Left Brain
• Drinking and driving is bad
• Smoking is not good
• Eating the whole pizza = muffin top
Right Brain
Physical•Lab•Exercise•Diet/
Supplements•Genetics/
Epigenetics
Psychological• Stress Management• Coping Skills• Attachment Disorder
Spiritual• Prayer and Meditation• Understanding “Who You Are”• Growing Maturity
Social•Support Group•Community
Group•Case Manager
YCH Enterprise
Orientatio
n
•1 ½ hour presentation
•“What they’re getting into”
Exam and Labs
•Very extensive lab workup
•Physical exam and biometrics
Meetings
•Weekly meetings (3 hours)
•Didactic, group discussion, experiential exercises, physical exercise session
Phase 2
•Three months to implement what they learned/experienced
•Repeat labs and biometrics
Phase 3
•Monthly refresher sessions
•Community team
Challenges
Many Moving Parts• Huge learning curve• Challenging the traditional
The Lonely Road• No prepackaged product to purchase• Ground up is hard• Few providers have the time
On Thin Ice
Not timid to incorporate functional medicine• Leaky gut syndrome• Gluten intolerance• Sugar is the Devil
Group approach to emotional healing• “Unchain Your Brain” – Amen Clinic• “Restart” and “Thrive” material by Life Model Works• Epigenetics (MTHFR gene defect, inheritable behaviors, etc)
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