Treatment

When it comes to treatment of drug and substance abuse, the entire process is quite cumbersome and needs an absolutely immaculate and methodical approach. The time taken for the treatment entirely depends upon the gravity of the situation, or in other words, on the extent of addiction of an individual.

Whenever an individual gets addicted to drug or other substance, the person has a propensity to get into a denial mode. Either the person summarily dismisses the claim when challenged about the addition or the person justifies the addiction. Hence, the first and foremost step of drug abuse treatment is bringing the person out of that denial mode. This is a very intricate process and a vital one as well for the subsequent steps of treatment solely depends upon the success or failure of this step. This is known as Intervention, during which the addict is taken out of hat denial mode by constant counseling. This should be done by a professional interventionist who may adopt various methods depending upon the situation. In this stage, the members of the family should play an active part as the addicts have a propensity to seek sympathy from their family members. Hence, the members should be particular that they show no sympathy to the addict and sternly put the point across to them that nothing short of cooperation with the interventionist will be able to help the addict win back the confidence of the family.

Once the addict finally succumbs to the pressure from the interventionist and agrees to cooperate, proper treatment commences. The addict should be immediately taken to the best possible rehab center. There are two types of treatment modules available. They are in patient module and outpatient module. The treatment module under which an addict will be put entirely depends upon the extent of addiction. In case of high degree of addiction, the addict is subjected under a thorough in patient treatment plan. This includes thorough medication to negate the effect of drugs or substances from the body system, psycho therapy and counseling to minimize the addict’s dependency on drugs, and various types of constructive activities that help them to get back into the social mainstream and get on with the normal activities of a normal social life. This treatment method can continue for weeks, months and even a year depending on the gravity of the situation. The treatment is conducted under the supervision of experienced medical staffs and counselors who monitor the performance of the addicts round the clock the gauge the improvement and impact of the treatment on the mind, body and spirit of the addicts.

In case the situation is not that grave, the addicts are subjected under outpatient treatment plan, wherein they have the option of getting back to their families at the end of each day. However, the treatment method is more or less identical though the family members have a major role to play to makes sure that the addict does not get back to addiction once they are back from the rehab or develop the tendency to do so once the treatment is over.