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“Pilot testing and ongoing research conducted by the National Institute For Holistic Addiction Studies demonstrates that drumming circles using the Drumming off Drugs™ program positively and immediately impact important client outcome variables such as decreasing anxiety and improving the clients’ ability to interact with others.”
The innovative Drumming off Drugs™ protocol sets your Treatment Center apart from the others! Improve patient outcomes, increase efficacy of all therapy modalities and improve your bottom line!
A growing body of research indicates that group drumming has enormous potential to affect positive change in participant’s physical and emotional well-being. We have conducted group drumming pilot studies at Drug treatment centers and at Homeless Shelters over the past two years. The data consistently indicates significant, rapid decreases in anxiety and depression and increases in self-esteem. Clinicians and therapists have noted after just two drumming sessions that patients were more energetic, more positive and more willing to participate in group discussions.
The Drumming off Drugs™ program complements and improves outcomes of the other therapeutic modalities already in use at your facility. Perhaps most significantly, Drumming off Drugs™ helps to keep people in treatment longer! We measured AMA rates (leaving treatment against medical advice) among Drumming off Drugs™ participants and non-Drumming off Drugs™ control groups and found a significant reduction in AMA rates among Drumming off Drugs™ participants. Patient retention, measured using AMA rates, showed patients who participated in drumming were 3 times less likely to leave treatment against medical advice.
Objectives
“I cried last night for the first time in years and I know it was the drumming that allowed me to express my feelings again.”
The primary objectives of the Drumming off Drugs™ therapeutic drumming intervention program are:
To improve patient outcomes by quickly reducing participants’ feelings of anxiety and depression. This includes improving patients’ ability to communicate and “connect” with others and increase effectiveness of other concurrent therapy protocols.
To reduce “Against Medical Advice” (AMA) rates of early departure. AMA departures are an ongoing challenge for every residential and inpatient treatment center. When a patient suddenly tells his or her treatment team that they are going home when it is only day eight or day 15 of their 28 day program, an opportunity is lost.
To teach your staff how to implement and facilitate the Drumming off Drugs™ group drumming protocol. Staff trainees will participate in the residency and be trained by the Drumming off Drugs™ mentor to become a Drumming off Drugs™ mentor at your treatment center.
We also deliver the necessary tools for a sustainable Drumming off Drugs™ program. This includes:
A detailed facilitators print manual for your staff.
Twelve djembe drums for the Drumming off Drugs™ program implementation.
Outcome measures and evaluation tools.
On-line manual with audio of Drumming off Drugs™ rhythms
The use of rhythm exercises combined with discussion of musical/recovery analogies is an effective and cost effective modality that every treatment facility should consider implementing. The proven efficacy and the reduction in AMA rates means Drumming off Drugs™ will improve your patients’ outcomes and your Treatment Center’s bottom line.