TY  - GEN
N2  - Adventure therapy (AT) is a widely utilized treatment modality applied to a range of clients including adolescents, adults, and families defined as "the prescriptive use of adventure experiences provided by mental health professionals, often conducted in natural settings that kinesthetically engage clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels." Despite increasing use of AT in professional practice and associated research, there remains a "black box" with regards to understanding how and why AT works and for whom it works. Substance use disorders are common {20.5 million Americans age 12 or older had a substance use disorder in 2015), and opioid addiction including abuse of prescription pain relievers and heroin accounts for approximately 10% of these substance use disorders. (2 million of the 20.5 million Americans with a substance use disorder in 2015 had a disorder involving prescription pain relievers and 591,000 had a disorder involving heroin) (5).  The primary objective of this Capstone project was to further understanding of how and why AT works in the treatment of addiction, with the goal of shedding light on the AT "black box." A second objective of this project was to lay the groundwork for the developing an AT rock climbing program for use in the treatment of addiction.
DO  - 10.6083/v118rf34f
DO  - DOI
AB  - Adventure therapy (AT) is a widely utilized treatment modality applied to a range of clients including adolescents, adults, and families defined as "the prescriptive use of adventure experiences provided by mental health professionals, often conducted in natural settings that kinesthetically engage clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels." Despite increasing use of AT in professional practice and associated research, there remains a "black box" with regards to understanding how and why AT works and for whom it works. Substance use disorders are common {20.5 million Americans age 12 or older had a substance use disorder in 2015), and opioid addiction including abuse of prescription pain relievers and heroin accounts for approximately 10% of these substance use disorders. (2 million of the 20.5 million Americans with a substance use disorder in 2015 had a disorder involving prescription pain relievers and 591,000 had a disorder involving heroin) (5).  The primary objective of this Capstone project was to further understanding of how and why AT works in the treatment of addiction, with the goal of shedding light on the AT "black box." A second objective of this project was to lay the groundwork for the developing an AT rock climbing program for use in the treatment of addiction.
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
T1  - Adventure therapy for the treatment of addiction
DA  - 2019
AU  - Shaffer, Kelly
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10146/files/Shaffer.Kelly.2019.pdf
PB  - Oregon Health and Science University
PY  - 2019
ID  - 10146
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10146/files/Shaffer.Kelly.2019.pdf
KW  - Adolescent
KW  - Child
KW  - Opioid-Related Disorders
KW  - Humans
KW  - Wilderness
KW  - Adult
KW  - therapy
TI  - Adventure therapy for the treatment of addiction
Y1  - 2019
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10146/files/Shaffer.Kelly.2019.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10146/files/Shaffer.Kelly.2019.pdf
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10146/files/Shaffer.Kelly.2019.pdf
ER  -