An Overview Of Addiction Treatment
Individuals progress through drug addiction treatment at various speeds, so there is no predetermined length of treatment. However, research has shown unequivocally that good outcomes are contingent on adequate lengths of treatment. Generally, for residential or outpatient treatment, participation for less than 90 days is of limited or no effectiveness, and treatments lasting significantly longer often are indicated. For methadone maintenance, 12 months of treatment is the minimum, and some opiate-addicted individuals will continue to benefit from methadone maintenance treatment over a period of years.
Typical Treatment Approaches
Although each residential treatment center operates under different philosophies, certain general approaches are likely to be found in most. Among those are:
- Detoxification
- Drug and alcohol education
- Relapse prevention
- Family program
- Individual and group counseling
- Twelve-step recovery
- Anger Management
- Dual Diagnosis Education
- Self Harm Reduction
- Community Re-Integration
Why Residential?
The lived experience of many addicts and alcoholics who have undergone residential treatment of some form or other proves without a doubt that breakthroughs in overcoming active addiction can and do occur in the private and confidential settings of rehab facilities each and every day, all over the world.
Something For Everyone
The process of recovery from addiction and alcoholism is a gradual one. Residential treatment centers offer myriad combinations of programs for every particular aspect of drug addiction and alcoholism. Some will concentrate strictly on medical aspects, others on psychological underlying issues, while others will utilise the well known Twelve Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Some will even combine these and yet other dimensions of addiction treatment to the programs they offer their clients.
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