Drug Rehab Programs For Teens

When parents discover that their teenager is using either drugs or alcohol they often react harshly without any thought to the reason behind the using. What parents need to realize is that screaming at your child and punishing them immediately is not the right way to handle the situation. Staying firm but compassionate is the key to successfully talking to your teen. If you let them know that you are willing to listen to their side of the story and stay calm, they will be more willing to open up to you and let you know what is causing them to turn to drugs.

After you have come to the conclusion that there is a drug problem that lies within your teen, it is important to react immediately. There is a variety of teenage drug rehab information online, that you can have access to. Collect a list of different rehabs that are available to your teen. After completing the list, call the rehab centers to check for availability and most importantly their success rates as well as techniques in their treatment.

Teenage drug rehabs have a variety of treatment options to help your child. The first step in rehab is detoxification. This is for teenagers who need relief from withdrawal symptoms. The de-tox step is medically supervised in case an incident occurs during the process. De-tox is a way to rid your teen's body of all the harmful chemicals that drugs or alcohol have left behind. As with most drugs, withdrawal symptoms can lead to extreme nausea and even pain.

A great program to put your teen in after drug rehab is aftercare. Aftercare is meant to help your child remain drug free in the community after rehab is over. The program will consist of your teen meeting with a counselor at specific times or family support groups that provide you with the chance to meet others in same situation. Keeping your child in some sort of treatment program after rehab can be very critical in keeping them clean. Often teens will think once rehab is over, it is okay for them to slip back in to their old habits. It is important for you to keep them in groups or counseling so the thought of rehab stays close in their mind.

Jusepe de Ribera's Classical Subjects

Jusepe de Ribera was a Spanish Baroque painter who worked in Naples (under Spanish rule since the 15th century) for most of his career.  After his move to Naples around 1620 he was known as Lo Spagnoletto (the little Spaniard) and followed in the Caravaggisti manner of painting, which meant that the Italian painter Caravaggio had an enormous impact on his style.  Caravaggio painted with extreme darks and lights in a style known as tenebrism, and was known for painting subjects taken from life who were never shown as idealized figures.  Caravaggio lived in Naples for a brief time in the early 17th century and after his stay much of Neapolitan painting followed his lead in both style and subject matter.

Ribera took Caravaggio's techniques a step further and became well known for portraying figures in an extremely naturalistic style.  Rather than idealizing his models Ribera focused on things such as wrinkles, sagging flesh or grotesque figures.  He was influenced also by Caravaggio's use of tenebrism; painting compositions with dark backgrounds and a strong contrast between light and dark. Ribera always created figures that were highly individualized, such as his portrait representing the Greek mathematician Archimedes. 

 Archimedes, Jusepe de Ribera, 1630, Museo del Prado, Madrid

As we can see in a detail of this painting below, Ribera emphasizes every deep wrinkle in the face of the older model that he uses for Archimedes.  He was less interested in painting the idealized faces associated with the Italian Renaissance and instead was interested in his sitter's character, personality and individuality.

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 detail of Archimedes, Jusepe de Ribera, 1630

While he painted many Biblical scenes and Catholic saints, Ribera was also the first Spanish painter to take up subjects derived from classical mythology such as his Drunken Silenus (below) and Apollo Flaying Marsyas (not shown) among others.

Drunken Silenus, Jusepe de Ribera, 1626, Museo Nazionale de Capodimonte, Naples

The Drunken Silenus was one of Ribera's first signed and dated works and is characteristic of his early style in the manner of Caravaggio.  In Greek mythology Silenus was the son of Pan and the foster father of Bacchus.  Both Bacchus and Silenus are known for their enjoyment of wine and merriment.  However unlike the regal god Bacchus, Silenus is shown as someone to be loathed or pitied and could be used as an allegory for gluttony.  

In mythology Bacchus granted the king Midas the wish to turn objects to gold after Midas treated his drunken foster father Silenus with kindness.  In Ribera's painting the obese Silenus is shown nude and is surrounded by figures with grotesque features.

 Ixion, Jusepe de Ribera, 1630, Museo del Prado, Madrid

Another example of Ribera's classical subject is in his work Ixion.  In Greek mythology, Ixion spawned the centaurs.  After Ixion tried to seduce Juno (the Queen of the Gods), his punishment was to be tied to a wheel and be turned for eternity. In this painting a cruel looking Satyr has just chained Ixion to the wheel.  As in Drunken Silenus  and Apollo Flaying Marsyas  Ribera paints every detail of these gruesome scenes and creates a compelling image filled with drama.  Here (as in his other work Titus) the main figures are shown being turned upside down which adds to the dramatic feeling of the overall composition.

While best known for his powerful religious paintings created in Catholic Italy and Spain after the Counter-Reformation, the viewer can see that the Classical themes of Jusepe de Ribera are every bit as emotional and dynamic.