Pascal Scoles Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Addictive Behaviors
Director, Office of Collegiate Recovery, Student Life and Professor, Behavioral Health/Human Services Community College of Philadelphia
Specialization Drug rehabilitation, Drug Abuse, Criminal justice and Counseling, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Chronic and acute intoxication, Opioid Toxicity and Overdosage, and has published articles entitled “Spirituality, Culture, and the Process of Assessment in Recovery”
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Author(s): Pascal Scoles
The narrow perspective of the medical/psychiatric model of care doesn’t adequately consider advocacy groups in its concept of community health care. The central issue to positive mental health, and the resolution of life problems, such as alcohol or other drug challenges, gambling, abuse, etc., is partly vested in a robust recovery management system that is sensitive to the spiritual and cultural needs of consumers. The continued indifference in clinical assessment protocols of ethnic and cultural identity is a significant variable that impacts a person’s concept of belonging and further defines a person’s relationship to the dominant cultural standards of health. The mental health professions appear reluctant to embrace a program of healing that includes people with t... view moreĀ»