STATE OF AND GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING DRUG ADDICT REHABILITATION OF THE BANGKOK PROBATION OFFICE 1

Abstract

Abstract

Under current drug epidemic issues, even with drug addiction rehabilitation, they have been still unable to be fully resolved and the number of drug users continues to rise. The objectives of this research were 1) to study the problems of drug addict rehabilitation, 2) to study conditional factors affecting the efficiency of drug addict rehabilitation, and 3) to identify the guidelines for improving the efficiency of drug addict rehabilitation. This study used qualitative research. Data were collected from in-depth interviews from 13 key informants who were selected by a purposive sampling. They comprised 2 Department of Probation’s administrators, 7 officers, and 4 drug addicts receiving the rehabilitation. The results indicated that problems and conditional factors affecting rehabilitation efficiency included generalized and unspecific rehabilitation center/site for rehabilitation and treatment; insufficient manpower, leading to workload; unrelated  competency of personnel to the work nature,  causing failure to achieve their full potential at work; insufficient budget for the mission assigned; and procedure and time constraint. The suggestions include that the training should be organized for sharing knowledge to develop professional knowledge skills for probation officers and related agencies in order to develop their competency to achieve to their full potential. The cooperation from local authorities, public sector and independent organizations is necessary to support the rehabilitation process, including cooperating to improve the rehabilitation process in more suitable and effective manner.

Keywords: Rehabilitation, Drug, Performance