Addiction Treatment
Addiction to alcohol and other drugs is similar to other chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and hypertension, in that successful treatment requires permanent behavior change.
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Services offered by alcohol/ substance use treatment programs vary, as do the modalities, staff, and target populations. The four most common types of substance abuse treatment are: ■ Outpatient methadone programs—provide methadone to reduce cravings for heroin. Counseling, vocational training, and case management are often used to stabilize patient functioning; ■ Long-term residential programs—offer drug-free treatment in a residential community of counselors and recovering addicts. Patients generally stay in the programs a year or more; ■ Short-term inpatient programs—keep patients for 30-90 days. Most of these programs focus on medical stabilization, abstinence, and lifestyle changes. Staff are primarily medical professionals and trained counselors; and ■ Outpatient drug-free programs—use a wide range of approaches, including problem-solving groups, specialized therapies, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and 12-step programs. |
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Currently, SAMROHA offers Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Substance Use. On offer is scientific, competent and effective treatment for complex addictive problems.
Principles of Effective Treatment: CORNERSTONES of SAMROHA
The following have been identified as the best treatment strategies for alcohol/ substance use treatment the world over:
The following have been identified as the best treatment strategies for alcohol/ substance use treatment the world over:
- No single treatment is appropriate for all individuals. Matching treatment settings, interventions, and services to each individual’s particular problems and needs is critical to his or her ultimate success in returning to productive.
- Effective treatment must address multiple needs of the individual such as any associated medical, psychological, social, vocational, and legal problems not just his or her drug use.
- Remaining in treatment for an adequate period of time is critical for treatment effectiveness. Research indicates that for most patients, the threshold of significant improvement is reached at about 3 months in treatment. After this threshold is reached, additional treatment can produce further progress to ward recovery.
- Counseling (individual and/or group) and other behavioral therapies are critical components of effective treatment for addiction.
- Medications are an important element of treatment for many patients, especially when combined with counseling and other behavioral therapies.
- Addicted or drug-abusing individuals with coexisting mental disorders should have both disorders treated in an integrated way.
- Medical detoxification is only the first stage of addiction treatment and by itself does little to change long- term drug use.
- Treatment does not need to be voluntary to be effective.
- Recovery from drug addiction can be a long-term process and frequently requires multiple episodes of treatment. As with other chronic illnesses, relapses to drug use can occur during or after successful treatment episodes. Addicted individuals may require prolonged treatment and multiple episodes of treatment to achieve long-term abstinence and fully restored functioning.
