Residential Drug & Alcohol Rehab Centers
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Residential rehab centers or treatment
facilities generally offer both short-term and long-term treatment
options. In most cases, residential rehab centers offer environmental
settings that many find helpful in the healing process. For
instance, many residential rehab facilities are located near
the beach, on a ranch or in the mountains in a sort of "getaway"
atmosphere, unlike inpatient rehab centers that are located
in hospital settings. Also, as the name implies, residential
rehab centers may be in residential settings in cities and
suburbs as well.
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Like inpatient rehab centers, residential centers are for
those with moderate to severe substance abuse issues who have
struggled with sobriety over a long period of time. Residential
rehab centers are less costly than inpatient centers, though
they may offer most of the same services.
Some of the services that residential rehab centers may offer include
a comprehensive medical exam, detoxification program, psychological
testing, mental health counseling, psychiatric consultations, individual
therapy, group therapy, men's groups, women's groups, pharmacological
management and treatment, social skills, communication skills, recreation
and exercise, job planning, relapse prevention and sober living
skills. Residential rehab centers offer a chance to getaway from
the daily pressures family, friends and coworkers on a temporary
basis and focus solely on the task of recovery.
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Most residential rehab centers use multidisciplinary approaches
in treatment tailored to individual needs. Some of the approaches
may include cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic or family systems
therapy, re-socialization, education and pharmacological treatment
using methadone, LAAM or naltrexone depending upon the particular
addiction.
One of the most popular models for residential rehab centers
has been the Therapeutic Community (TC) model. In the TC model,
emphasis is on re-socialization by engaging the use of the
community, treatment staff and other addiction clients. This
approach emphasizes calling attention to attitudes, beliefs
and behaviors associated with substance abuse and taking corrective
action in both thinking and deed. A secondary emphasis on
the TC model is on the idea of self-help, including primary
personal responsibility for one's own change and partial responsibility
for the change of others in the program.
While many residential rehab centers may not emphasis the
12-step model in their own programs, most centers encourage
their participants to participate in 12-step programs once
leaving the centers as part of their sober living commitments
and an additional resource for community support.
Because residential rehab centers are more flexible than
inpatient care, many specialized facilities have been developed,
targeting specific areas of the population. For instance,
some residential rehab centers focus specifically on children
and teens. Others are geared towards women-only and still
others may be affiliated with recovery through the guidelines
of a particular a religion.
When seeking out the services of a residential rehab center,
it is important to find out the geographical location, how
payment is accepted (insurance or installments, etc.), if
and when there are openings, and what services are available
that address one's specific needs.
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