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Articles On Drug Addiction and Recovery
Twelve Questions to Consider When Selecting Treatment Programs
If you or someone you care for is
dependent on alcohol or drugs and needs treatment, it is important to
know that no single treatment approach is appropriate for all
individuals. Finding the right treatment program involves careful
consideration of such things as the setting, length of care,
philosophical approach and your or your loved one's needs.
Here are 12 questions to consider when selecting a treatment program:
- Does the program accept your
insurance? If not, will they work with you on a payment plan or find
other means of support for you?
- Is the program run by
state-accredited, licensed and/or trained professionals?
- Is the facility clean, organized
and well-run?
- Does the program encompass the
full range of needs of the individual (medical: including infectious
diseases; psychological: including co-occurring mental illness;
social; vocational; legal; etc.)?
- Does the treatment program also
address sexual orientation and physical disabilities as well as
provide age, gender and culturally appropriate treatment services?
- Is long-term aftercare support
and/or guidance encouraged, provided and maintained?
- Is there ongoing assessment of an
individual's treatment plan to ensure it meets changing needs?
- Does the program employ strategies
to engage and keep individuals in longer-term treatment, increasing
the likelihood of success?
- Does the program offer counseling
(individual or group) and other behavioral therapies to enhance the
individual's ability to function in the family/community?
- Does the program offer medication
as part of the treatment regimen, if appropriate?
- Is there ongoing monitoring of
possible relapse to help guide patients back to abstinence?
- Are services or referrals offered
to family members to ensure they understand addiction and the
recovery process to help them support the recovering individual?
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