Substance Abuse Treatment

In 2014, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) found that almost 30 million adults in the United States had used illegal drugs in the month previous to their report and that almost 140 million adults in the United States had been drinking alcohol during that period.

Nearly 22 million Americans, 12 years of age and older, suffered from drug use disorder in 2014. There are a variety of various kinds of drugs that can be abused, including illicit drugs and prescription medicines.

Help for Substance Abuse and Addiction


When drug or alcohol addiction interferes with a person's ability to act properly in his or her everyday life, it is time to get treatment.

There are several different types of treatment to select from, ranging from adjustable rehabilitation services that can fit around a client's current schedule to more organized and intensive residential programs where a person remains on-site for a long time to thoroughly discuss all forms of drug and alcohol dependence and addiction.

A Treatment Plan Can Contain A Number Of Components, Such As:

Detox: Medical detox will monitor the side effects of the removal of drugs and alcohol. Medical detoxification is also needed in the case of benzodiazepines, alcohol, and opioid drugs, since these substances cannot be stopped abruptly without professional treatment. Medical detox can also use pharmaceutical methods to treat withdrawal and to allow a person to feel physically stable.

Counselling and Therapy: group, family, and individual sessions help people work on personal problems, engage in life skills preparation, and alter negative thinking and behavior trends to develop communication skills and learn how to handle stressors.

Relapse Prevention: tools for detecting potential triggers and studying how to treat them in the future are critical, as NIDA estimates that drug addiction relapse rates are 40-60 per cent. Relapse prevention interventions as part of a comprehensive recovery strategy will help to reduce relapse.

Support Groups: Twelve-Step services and even peer-based support groups can offer long-term motivation and support for long-term abstinence, as communities are made up of similar people and can understand, sympathize and provide treatment advice.

Treating Co-occurring Disorders: SAMHSA publishes that almost 8 million individuals in the United States are dealing with both drug use disorder and mental disease. If any of these disorders are diagnosed at the same time in the same person, they are said to be co-occurring. During alcohol therapy co-occurring conditions are treated in an integrated and coordinated way by professionally trained clinicians. 

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