Types of Addiction Treatment Centers
There are only a handful of basic types of addiction treatment programs and detox centers, but thousands of combined variations of them. Here you will find some brief explanations about the most common types of treatment centers and which ones seem to be the most successful.
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Inpatient Treatment
The most effective type of treatment is a long-term inpatient
addiction treatment facility. While most inpatient centers run about 30 days, a
long-term addiction treatment program can
average around 90 days but may even be more than 12 months long.
An inpatient treatment center may also be called a residential facility because it is where people stay in a comfortable and secure environment away from home to deal with their substance abuse and addiction-related issues. The key to it being more successful is not just the change of environment, but you should also be aware of the type of treatment that is offered at the center, what they expect the result to be and what their discharge and aftercare plans consist of.
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Outpatient Treatment
Outpatient treatment is where
the majority of people go for addiction help due to time and money
considerations, but unfortunately it is not very effective. The cravings, guilt
and depression caused by substance abuse can make it too difficult to adhere to
the counseling schedule or to practice self-restraint from drugs and alcohol.
Relapse rates for outpatient treatment are often very high because of this, and
treatment practioners often err by trying to prescribe more drugs to counteract
those symptoms. These new drugs not only don't permanently solve the original
problem but they also can carry very heavy side effects and possibly create a
new dependency.
Biophysical Treatment
The most effective type of treatment we
know if is called biophysical addiction treatment. This is a type of program
that has both inpatient and outpatient treatment settings in various parts of
the country and uses a very unique body cleansing process that gets rid of
unwanted lingering side effects that drug residues leave behind even in other
programs. This is a longer-term approach that also has an educational component
that is not based on the typical 12 steps and is extremely successful compared
to other types of programs. It is holistic in nature and does not prescribe any
substitute drugs or medications at all, but instead uses nutritional
supplements and vitamin therapy.
12-Step Treatment
The twelve steps were founded in 1936
and are the most widely used methods of addiction treatment in the country
today. The original intents and purposes of the recovery group was to have
former addicts help other addicts become clean and sober. While it does work
for some people, it has been changed and severely altered through the decades
and now most 12-step
drug
rehab programs think that addiction is a treatable but uncurable brain
disease that should include pharmaceuticals and that recovery is a life-long
process where relapse is inevitable. Frankly, we do not support these
alterations in the treatment and philosphy of addiction.
