Knowledge You Need: What are Drug Addiction Treatment Approaches?
For all of the discussion around drug addiction and treatment, sometimes it can be confusing to understand the various approaches to substance abuse or addiction treatment.
Category: Drug Treatment Philosophy
Drug-Related Emergency Room Visits
Segments of this post appeared on DrugAbuse.gov. According to a 2009 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) study, there were 4.6 million drug-related 24-hour emergency department (ED) visits in 2009. According to the study, “Almost 50 percent were attributed to adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals taken as prescribed, and 45 percent involved drug abuse.” What’s more alarming … Read More
Prescription Drug Abuse and Overdose Information
Why we’re different from other drug rehab centers.
People sometimes ask us what makes Turning Point Centers different from other drug and alcohol addiction treatment facilities. Yes, we’re a dual-diagnosis treatment facility. Yes, we’re a licensed vivitrol injection facility. But, that’s not what sets us apart. What does set us apart is the fact that many on our staff previously suffered from drug … Read More
CDC Stats for Prescription Drug Overdoses
The Center for Disease control today released new findings on prescription drug overdoses. According to the latest findings, prescription drug abuse has skyrocketed in the past decade. Some of the other stats include: Prescription painkiller overdoses killed nearly 15,000 people in the US in 2008. This is more than 3 times the 4,000 people killed … Read More
New Center
We are very excited about our new drug and alcohol treatment center. It’s a much larger facility with an indoor racquetball court, barn on site (great for equine therapy) and sits on 5 1/2 acres! Plenty of room to grow. Our program and philosophy will stay the same we will just have more opportunities to … Read More
Intervention
After 2 + years of working on trying to get on the show “Intervention” on A&E it finally happened! They were here yesterday and filmed the outside of our drug and alcohol treatment center. Today, after a successful intervention last night with a 35 year old man dependent on alcohol, they’re back and filming our … Read More
Oxycontin Abuse
The following numbers are nasty! An area of concern is the nonmedical use of prescription drugs. Among 12th-graders, 8 of the 13 most commonly abused drugs (other than cigarettes and alcohol) were prescription medications, over half of which were given to them or were purchased from a friend or family member! According to the 2009 … Read More
Sober Transitions
Finally, after all these years, we’re moving forward with a “monitoring” program. By the end of June we’re going to have our sober transitions program. It’s going to be a great way to transition out of our intensive outpatient program into the “real world.” With our core beliefs and the communication and counseling with the … Read More
Intervention?
I’ve had a lot of conversations lately about if a family member who is “forced” into drug and alcohol treatment will do anything. Clients often ask if they should wait until he/she “wants” treatment. One of my staff gave me some information located on NIDA’s site that goes along with what I believe and have … Read More