Relapse in drug abuse: A concept analysis

Abstract

Objective

The purpose of this study is to clarify the concept of relapse in drug abuse.

Method

Concept analysis was examined using the help of various literature obtained through internet databases published from 1998 to 2019.

Results

Identification of attributes, antecedent, and consequences of relapse causes the operational definition of the concept of relapse as the return state of the client consuming drugs or the re-emergence of symptoms such as before, so the client is not able to sustain its behavior change over time.

Conclusions

This concept analysis is able to demonstrate that the concept of relapse is a self-management therapy that is made to prevent the relapse in the area of addiction behavior and focus on the important problems of help addicts change their behavior to help the developments that addicts have made in the process of treatment or self-change.