Nondrug treatment approaches used in alcohol and substance addictions and related factors caglar turan, esra yazici, ahmet b yazici, atila erol addictive disorders & their treatment 20 (4), 517-526, 2021

Current treatment methods in alcohol and substance use disorders (ASUDs) cannot meet the demands of patients for many reasons. This situation may result in individuals with addiction seeking different approaches. This study aims to investigate nondrug methods used by individuals with ASUD to cope with their disorder and the factors that may be associated with it

In addition to the medical approaches of patients with ASUD problems, it is observed that they attempt to cope using traditional and complementary methods and prefer the self-help methods among these methods. However, further studies are needed to investigate the contribution of these methods to current treatment methods