| Hospitals and other drug abuse rehabilitation centers | | | | A residential program can extend into a long-term |
| offer treatment for patients in an outpatient setting. | | | | treatment of six to twelve months. In this setup, |
| This usually involves medication that inhibits cravings | | | | addiction as a disease is treated with combined |
| for the addictive drug and counseling to address the | | | | methods of medication, counseling and life coaching. |
| problem at the root cause. | | | | A patient is exposed to other patients in therapy |
| There are however worse cases of drug abuse that | | | | communities, his support group. Most patients that |
| call for 24 hour observations and treatments. This is | | | | need long-term residential treatments are special |
| usually true for abuse of powerful drugs for | | | | cases- individuals who have co-occurring mental illness |
| extended periods and whose victims have alienated | | | | and with symptoms that result to violence and |
| themselves from society and their families. To | | | | criminal involvement. They are so far gone into the |
| effectively address these situations, a residential drug | | | | addiction that a more comprehensive and totally |
| abuse treatment is called for. | | | | invasive intervention is needed. |
| Two Kinds of Residential Treatment | | | | Programs include resocialization activities prepare the |
| Depending on the situation, a patient may be | | | | patients to a life back with his family, friends and |
| recommended to stay for short term or for | | | | officemates. These activities address addiction in its |
| long-term residential treatment. | | | | social and psychological contexts and can at times be |
| A short-term program involves intensive treatment | | | | confrontational as they aim to let patients examine |
| based on the 12-step approach- the same principles | | | | damaging beliefs and concepts. In the context of |
| used to treat alcohol abuse. For three to six weeks, | | | | resocialization, patients are also rehabilitated to make |
| patients are subjected to treatments that involve | | | | them suitable for work, equipping them with the |
| medication and counseling. It is followed by self-help | | | | necessary attitude and outlook to deal with |
| group meetings and follow-up therapy counseling. | | | | co-workers. |