Drug Rehabilitation Treatment

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Drug Rehabilitation Treatment
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Table of contents

• Introduction
• Physical Detoxification
• Psychological Detox
• Treatment on an external basis, without
  medication
• Therapeutic communities
• Methadone Assisted Detox

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Introduction

• Drug rehabilitation is the process of liberating
  the user from active addiction and includes two
  stages - physical detoxification and
  psychological detoxification.

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Physical Detoxification

• Chronic drug use causes a person to have an
  increasing need to take the substance of their
  choice. Physical dependence / addiction is the
  condition in which the user cannot control the
  drug use, but rather, when the user is controlled
  by the substance. In other words, a person loses
  control of their actions as well as the
  consequences produced by them. Abrupt cessation
  of use results in painful withdrawal symptoms,
  both physical and psychological. Detoxification
  due to the severity of the risks must be
  performed in a controlled drug rehab environment
  by properly trained staff and varies in length
  depending on the case, but usually takes about a
  week.

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Psychological Detox

• The growing use of drugs, in addition to physical
  dependence, creates in the abusive user a
  psychological powerlessness in managing feelings
  and way of thinking. Their only concern is
  finding and taking the substance of choice, as
  well as the money for its acquisition.
  Psychological detoxification follows physical,
  and can last up to a few years due to the fact
  that its process puts itself directly against
  very strong defence mechanisms such as denial,
  fear of change and distorted way of thinking.

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• Drug addiction is treatable. In order for this to
  happen, it is imperative users receive bespoke
  treatment, specific to their needs. Treatment
  enables them to manage their problem in order to
  lead a normal life. As part of any treatment to
  long-term health problems, drug addicts often
  need to both change their behaviour and take
  medication. Behavioural therapies include
  psychotherapy, counselling, as well as family
  therapy. Medications on the other, help users
  overcome the uncontrollable desire to take drugs,
  and the neutralization of drug action in the
  body.

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• In general, the results are better the more the
  treatment given. Patients receiving longer
  treatment have better results and progress,
  compared to those receiving treatment for a
  shorter period of time. Many patients in addition
  to detoxification treatments need other care from
  physical and mental health services in addition
  to AIDS prevention tips. Research in recent
  decades have shown that treatment can help clear
  drug addiction and reduce the risk of the user
  relapsing. In addition, it is more likely for
  users who have received treatment to reintegrate
  in society, i.e. get employed.

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• Detox programs can be either short-term or
  long-term. Short-term methods include treatment
  on an internal basis in a therapeutic community
  with the use of drugs, and treatment on an
  external basis without drugs, and have a duration
  of up to 6 months.
• Long-term treatment includes treatment within the
  therapeutic community and may involve methods of
  drugs administration to individuals addicted to
  externally based opioids. This type of treatment
  lasts between 6 and 12 months.

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Treatment on an external basis, without medication

• Outpatient treatment without medication may
  include various detoxification programs for users
  who visit specialized clinics regularly. Most
  programs offer individual or collective
  counselling.
• These programs are for aimed at users with a
  stable and integrated life in society, and a
  short-lived drug addiction.

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Therapeutic communities

• Therapeutic communities (TCs) are focused on
  users with a serious history of drug addiction.
  These are usually users that problems functioning
  in society and have a history of criminal
  activity. Therapeutic communities aim for
  patients to become productive members of society,
  without having to depend on drugs. Long-term
  programs in these communities usually involve
  patients staying in residential units between 6
  and 12 months. Short-term programs include an
  internal therapy period of about a 3 to 6 weeks.
  This is followed by external treatment based on
  participation in counselling programs or support
  groups.

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Methadone Assisted Detox

• In maintenance therapy for heroin addicts, a
  synthetic opioid, usually methadone, is given
  orally. A dose capable of suppressing the effects
  of heroin is administered, creating a steady
  non-euphoric state that relieves the user of the
  uncontrollable craving for opioid drugs. Among
  methadone administration programs, it has been
  proven that doses of methadone of at least 60 mg
  have better participation rates. Also, when
  methadone programs are accompanied with
  counselling and medical care, they have better
  results than when the programs offer the bare
  minimum services.

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• Methadone assisted programs are more successful
  in opioid dependence compared to therapeutic
  communities. TCs in turn are more effective than
  externally based programs that offer
  psychotherapy and counselling.

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• With the help of these drugs, the user is
  relieved of the need to search for drugs, this
  way also suppressing the criminal behaviour
  involved. With the right counselling and support
  from social services, the user can ultimately
  reintegrate into society. Research shows that
  treatment for heroin addiction with the help of
  methadone in appropriate doses coupled with
  behavioural therapy reduces the frequency of
  deaths and many other health problems associated
  with heroin use.

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Contact details

• Inspire Change Wellness Addiction Treatment
  Centre for Men
• Address 15216 north bluff road suite 509a
  white rock, bc v4b 0a7
• Phone [phone]
• Email info_at_addictionhealingcentre.ca
• Visit https//addictionhealingcentre.ca/