Rehab Shopping: Who Gets What?
One valid issue in the admission process for all three tiers is who makes the decision. If it's the consumer, then are they under the influence? In the grip of withdrawal? In crisis, emotionally disturbed?
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Choosing Your Rehab: 4 Success Factors
A shorter stay is cheaper and less disruptive to your life, but 90 day programs give you more time to master the skills of recovery.
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Finding a Skeptical Starting Point
“How will your program curriculum and staff work for someone who doesn’t believe in a god?”
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Finding the Best Addiction Treatment for YOUR Needs
There’s a third dimension to making the decision about which treatment will offer the best chance for recovery: Matching the characteristics of a program to an individual’s particular needs.
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Do-It-Yourself Intervention Guide
The Guide includes a step-by-step explanation of how intervention works and how to plan one for your addict/alcoholic.
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Seniors With Addiction Have Special Needs
That doesn’t mean you need a program that treats senior exclusively. It does suggest that you should concentrate your efforts on programs with access to physician care beyond simple detox.
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Shopping for Treatment
Current research suggests that an optimal treatment episode is in the neighborhood of three months. That doesn’t mean it must be all in residence.
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Finding the Right Opioid Treatment Program
Some of what patients hear is gossip and folklore, something for which the addict community is famous. But there is a wide variation in quality among OTPs.
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Intervention and Publicly Funded Rehab
Explain your situation and make a request: You want your nephew’s name placed on the admissions list for a date beyond the current waiting list.
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Is Treatment “Successful”?
The goal of treatment is to maximize chances for a successful outcome. But ultimately, to drink or not to drink remains the alcoholic’s choice.
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