Adult substance abuse services provides a comprehensive,
but flexible, treatment program that can vary with the intensity
of the individual’s problem and prior treatment experiences,
if any. Services are organized into discrete phases so that the
participant’s course of treatment can be individualized and
altered as needed.
Day and evening programs are available so that
work and family obligations are not disrupted while patients receive
the necessary care to achieve recovery.
A unique feature of our adult substance abuse
services is weekend programming. We offer a Saturday relapse prevention
program for those who are having difficulty maintaining abstinence
over the weekend and need additional support and structure.
Dually diagnosed
patients are successfully treated within all of our adult substance
abuse programs
All services use the powerful techniques and
procedures typically found in a traditional inpatient treatment
program. However, because participants live at home and continue
their work and family lives, they bring real life problems into
the treatment visits, so that they can learn to overcome them and
continue their recovery.
Every visit includes several different group
experiences, each emphasizing a different aspect of recovery and
each using a different approach to provide varied opportunities
for each participant to learn that which is necessary for successful
treatment. Individual and family counseling sessions augment these
visits.
The family
Program provides education, support and multi-family therapy.
The program is designed to foster an integrated family system that
supports recovery, rather than the continuation of the stress for
all that so often accompanies substance abuse.
DUAL DIAGNOSIS
UNDER-IDENTIFIED AND
UNDER-TREATED
Individuals
who have both a substance abuse and psychiatric disorder –
a dual diagnosis - are a relatively frequent occurrence but
rarely receive appropriate treatment.
In a 2002 survey
of adults by the United States Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), 23% of individuals
with mental illness were also substance dependent and 20%
of those with substance abuse disorders also had a psychiatric
illness. Unfortunately, only 11% of dually diagnosed individuals
received dual treatment.
At High Focus Centers, we put a special
emphasis on dual diagnosis treatment.