Alcohol Treatment Centers

The mental health and drug and alcohol treatment centers shown on this About Recovery site are recognized nationally for integrating treatments to meet all needs of the people we serve.

A leader in treatment, we believe that addiction and mental illness are highly treatable conditions, most especially when the mental health and drug and alcohol treatment center respects the person's dignity and instills hope that recovery will occur if all diagnoses are treated through a comprehensive recovery plan.

Drug and alcohol treatment centers offer a full range of alcohol addiction treatment, with treatment taking many forms based upon the needs of the person.

Common services in mental health and drug and alcohol treatment centers include:

• Cognitive behavioral therapies and corrective thinking (correcting unconscious distortions in thinking)


• Psychotherapy


• Client directed motivational treatments (designing treatment that accommodates the client's goals, motivations, and pace)


• Skill development (relapse prevention skills, coping and problem solving skills, drug refusal skills, symptom management)


• Education (learning about diagnoses, symptoms, medications)


• Medication therapies (options for managing withdrawal and cravings). Use of medications in alcohol treatment centers has been controversial in the past. Emerging drug and alcohol treatment center recommendations (Medications and Chemical Dependency Treatment) are changing the way these treatments are viewed.


• Medical monitoring


• Psychiatric services (including assessment and treatment by a psychiatrist for any co-occurring mental health disorders)


• A variety of treatments and services (residential, outpatient, group and individual therapy, 12-Step meetings, family counseling, adventure based initiatives, etc.)

In addition to the kinds of treatments offered, the mental health and drug and alcohol treatment center should offer a range of services, from intensive services such as crisis management, to therapeutic communities, to partial hospitalization programs and outpatient services.

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