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Drug Rehabs
There are several types of Rehab Programs out there to choose from. Choosing
the right one for yourself or your loved one is very important. First off, what is Rehabilitation?
Well, it is defined in different ways but we think the best one's are these:
To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education. " getting the drugs completely out of your body"
To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity. "become healthy again"
To reinstate the good name of. " handle the past issues and move on"
To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of. " become a productive member of society, become a family member again, become YOURSELF AGAIN"
Please contact us to find the right program first so the addict and the family came move on from this once and for all.
Alcohol Treatment
The type of treatment you receive depends on the severity of your alcoholism and the resources that are available in your community. There are promising types of counseling that teach alcoholics to identify situations and feelings that trigger the urge to drink and to find new ways to cope that do not include alcohol use. These treatments are often provided on an impatient basis. Because the support of family members is important to the recovery process, many programs also offer brief marital counseling and family therapy as part of the treatment process. Programs may also link individuals with vital community resources, such as legal assistance, job training, childcare, and parenting classes. Researchers have made considerable progress in evaluating commonly used therapies and in developing new types of therapies to treat alcohol-related problems. One large-scale study sponsored by NIAAA found that each of three commonly used behavioral treatments for alcohol abuse and alcoholism—motivation enhancement therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and 12-step facilitation therapy—significantly reduced drinking in the year following treatment. This study also found that approximately one-third of the study participants who were followed up either were still abstinent or were drinking without serious problems 3 years after the study ended. Other therapies that have been evaluated and found effective in reducing alcohol problems include brief intervention for alcohol abusers (individuals who are not dependent on alcohol) and behavioral marital therapy for married alcohol-dependent individuals.
Drug Abuse Treatment
Drug abuse has a great economic impact on society-an estimated $67 billion per year. Drug addiction is a treatable disorder. Through treatment that is tailored to individual needs, patients can learn to control their condition and live normal, productive lives. Like people with diabetes or heart disease, people in treatment for drug addiction learn behavioral changes. Behavioral therapies can include counseling, support groups, or family therapy. In general, the more treatment given, the better the results. Patients who stay in treatment longer than 3 months usually have better outcomes than those who stay less time. Over the last 25 years, studies have shown that treatment works to reduce drug intake and crimes committed by drug-dependent people. Researchers also have found that drug abusers who have been through treatment are more likely to have jobs.
Relapse Prevention
A cognitive-behavioral therapy, was developed for the treatment of problem drinking and adapted later for cocaine addicts. Cognitive-behavioral strategies are based on the theory that learning processes play a critical role in the development of maladaptive behavioral patterns. Individuals learn to identify and correct problematic behaviors. Relapse prevention encompasses several cognitive-behavioral strategies that facilitate abstinence as well as provide help for people who experience relapse.
The relapse prevention approach to the treatment of cocaine addiction consists of a collection of strategies intended to enhance self-control. Specific techniques include exploring the positive and negative consequences of continued use, self-monitoring to recognize drug cravings early on and to identify high-risk situations for use, and developing strategies for coping with and avoiding high-risk situations and the desire to use. A central element of this treatment is anticipating the problems patients are likely to meet and helping them develop effective coping strategies. Research indicates that the skills individuals learn through relapse prevention therapy remain after the completion of treatment. In one study, most people receiving this cognitive-behavioral approach maintained the gains they made in treatment throughout the year following treatment.
Residential Programs
This type of treatment provides care 24 hours per day, generally in non hospital settings. these Programs give the most success to a individual. typically 3 to 6 months is a good range to choose. This gives the addict and family time to re-group get their lives straight and move on with this problem in their life. Long-term treatment gives a person a real chance to disconnect from the people who contribute to their problem and really focus on their program and life.
Outpatient Treatment
Such treatment costs less than residential or inpatient treatment and are less effective. Low-intensity programs may offer little more than drug education and admonition. Other outpatient models, such as intensive day treatment can help more so depending on the individual patient's characteristics and needs. In many outpatient programs, group counseling is emphasized. Some outpatient programs are designed to treat patients who have medical or mental health problems in addition to their drug disorder. Outpatient drug-free treatment does not include medications and encompasses a wide variety of programs for patients who visit a clinic at regular intervals. Most of the programs involve individual or group counseling. Patients entering these programs are abusers of drugs other than opiates or are opiate abusers for whom maintenance therapy is not recommended, such as those who have stable, well-integrated lives and only brief histories of drug dependence.
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