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Written by: Li Enci
2020-07-03 22:54
Date of last update: 2020-07-03 22:54The Correctional Services Department said today (3rd) that the first male inmate at the Clinic Department’s Hei Ling Chau Drug Addiction Treatment Centre, the "Medication Square", was officially opened today. The psychotherapy program lasts from 12 to 14 weeks and includes special units to deal with motivation change, heart addiction, negative emotions, and remodeling of life patterns, etc., plus weekly continuous meditation practice to establish a quiet life and strengthen positive treatment effects. To help participants more easily perform daily exercises, they will form a therapeutic community, that is, to support each other in a common life, learn and practice quiet life in the daily life of the institution, improve self-control ability, and promote mental health.
Anti-drug commissioner Luo Cuiwei presided over the opening ceremony as the officiating guest. She said that the Correctional Services Department dared to try and use innovative concepts to combine meditation with psychological services. It could not only take care of the psychological development of inmates in drug treatment, but also strengthen their determination to drug treatment. The approach is forward-looking.
Wen Mingqi, Assistant Director of Correctional Services Department (Rehabilitation Affairs), said today’s opening ceremony was titled "Quietness in the Spirit", marking another new direction in providing psychotherapy and rehabilitation for drug addicts. The department hopes to continue to develop and optimize psychology Treatment to help detoxifiers to regenerate.
In 2017, the Correctional Services Department established the "Taste Jing Pavilion" at Li Gu Correctional Institution, which accommodates female drug addicts. In view of the continued acceptance of the "Taste Jing Pavilion" by the audience and the general public, the Correctional Services Department is now setting up a special "Tranquility Square" for male inmates to promote and improve drug treatment programs. This psychotherapy program lasts from 12 to 14 weeks and includes special units to deal with motivation change, addiction, negative emotions, and remodeling of life patterns. It also includes continuous weekly meditation exercises to establish a quiet life and strengthen positive treatment effects. To help participants more easily perform daily exercises, they will form a therapeutic community, that is, to support each other in a common life, learn and practice quiet life in the daily life of the institution, improve self-control ability, and promote mental health.
Kuang Qihua, a senior clinical psychologist at the Correctional Services Department, said that inmates at Hei Ling Chau Drug Addiction Treatment Centre have unique treatment needs. Not only do they present illegal behaviors and drug abuse problems, most of them have a longer drug age, more failure experience, lack of self-confidence and face complex psychological and family problems, and treatment needs greater. Psychotherapy combined with meditation training helps them to detect high-risk factors such as negative emotions and heart addiction early, so as to learn more effective techniques to cope with daily difficulties and achieve the effect of preventing reinfection. Kwong also said that meditation is to accept the current body, thoughts and emotions without criticism. Drug addicts often use drugs to evade problems and negative emotions. Through different meditation training, including meditation breathing, meditation stretching and body scanning, they can improve their concentration and observation, and learn to accept internal experience, so that they can calmly make Choose wisely and stay away from drugs.
For the first time, the CSD team of psychologists specially designed a "meditation card" component and a "diet for diligence" that suit men and women to suit the local culture and the environment of the institution. Of life. Participants can also use their favorite methods, such as text and painting, to record their feelings and experiences during daily practice, and deepen their understanding of themselves.
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