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Drug Addiction Facts

  • In 2008, prescription pain killers such as OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone claimed nearly 5,000 lives.
  • When an user stops taking codeine after long-term use withdrawal symptoms including cravings, sweating, difficulty sleeping, nausea, diarrhea, muscle spasms and irritability often occur.
  • An estimated 92% of U.S. adults who drink alcohol excessively report binge drinking in the past 30 days.

Addiction-treatment-center.jpgOnce you have decided to make a change and get help for your addiction problem, the next step is to explaore your treatment facility options. Keep in mind that there is no one-size fits all facility. The most effective way to find an appropriate treatment program that meets your particular needs is to speak with an addiction treatment professional who can assess your specific situation and give you various treatment facility options based on your exact needs. We can help you with this. Simply call our Drug Treatment Help-Line at 1-877-683-7818 and you will be connected to an addiction treatment specialist who can help you find the correct treatment program for you.

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Outpatient

Outpatient solutions are on the lower end of the spectrum of treatment services regarding intensity of care, for the reason that individual is able to maintain their lifestyle in lots of ways with no commitment of needing to stay in a rehab program while undergoing treatment services. Even if this might seem perfect it may not provide the much needed change of atmosphere than a lot of people in rehabilitation require to have a productive rehab.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Persons with co-occurring mental and drug use disorders are what are identified in the field of drug rehab as dual diagnosis clients. These individuals must address both disorders whilst in rehab to find resolution due to the fact one typically exacerbates the other. Luckily, there are several alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers who can specifically address the challenges that persons with co-occurring mental and drug abuse issues face so that they can not just become abstinent but mentally secure and also able to lead a much better quality lifestyle and not consider it wise to self medicate with drugs and alcohol.

Persons With HIV/AIDS

Persons with HIV/AIDS who may need substance abuse treatment will often need services beyond what a standard drug rehabilitation center will be able to deliver. Simply because comprehensive healthcare solutions are often an integral part of the physical process of healing for addicts with HIV/AIDS, who most likely have experienced a progression and worsening of the disease because of their addiction, it is essential that these clients have the medical care needed along with any treatment solutions for their drug abuse issue.

Gays and Lesbians

It is crucial that gays and lesbians obtain excellent treatment solutions in a rehab environment that is discreet and with treatment specialists available to them who understand the distinctive challenges they experience in life. Because substance abuse for gays and lesbians is oftentimes triggered because of the problems they face because of their sexual preference, a rehab that can help them handle these issues and give them the peace of mind they may have lacked prior to arriving in rehabilitation could be a crucial part of rehabilitation for gay and lesbian clients.

Seniors/Older Adults

Seniors and older adults who have trouble with drug use could have unique challenges they have to overcome while in rehabilitation, which treatment specialists in the rehab they decide to take part in have to be keen of to ensure that a full recovery is achievable. So for seniors and older adults, it is advisable to pick a program which is accustomed to helping seniors and older adults tackle the distinctive life and drug use problems that these clients face that might include a broader spectrum of services including medical treatment and the like.

Criminal Justice Clients

Criminal justice clients find their way into rehabilitation as part of a court order to satisfy a part of their sentencing for any drug offense. Criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehab often receive reduced penalties, fines etc. when cooperating with alcohol and drug rehabilitation specifications enforced on them as part of sentencing especially of course when successfully completing a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired are often prone to alcoholism and drug abuse due to challenges that their impairment impose on them. While detection of this issue can often be hard among the hearing impaired, you will find ASL as well as other assistance services intended for them when drug abuse treatment is required. Aside from ASL, such services can sometimes include assistive listening equipment and captioned video resources so that deaf and hearing impaired people are getting the support they need in drug and alcohol treatment.

Spanish

Not all drug treatment facilities possess the staff or resources to focus on the demands of Spanish speaking clientele, but luckily there are more and more centers that can do so because the need for Spanish services is higher than any other time. Counselling, study info and so on are now very often accessible in Spanish in both short and long terms centers which provide inpatient or residential rehabilitation and outpatient Spanish rehabilitation is available too around the country.

Self Payment

Self Payment is required when someone's insurance isn't going to cover the entire cost of treatment or will only cover part of it. In these cases, it may appear like a disadvantage but individuals really have a great deal of leverage due to the fact they can decide on whichever facility they want without the limitations from health insurance providers that so many people encounter. In addition, rehab facilities will frequently provide payment assistance for people whose only option is self payment to help them get into rehabilitation.

Medicaid

Certain rehab programs will take Medicaid if the individual is unable to self pay or present any other type of private health care insurance. Medicaid may only pay for outpatient and short-term treatment inside a limited amount of centers, and in such cases individuals may want to investigate the self pay option and drum up any resources they are able to to fund a more quality rehab facility that will get better results, such as a long-term residential drug and alcohol rehab program.

  • Consejo Counseling and Referral Servs
    Consejo Counseling and Referral Servs is located at:

    515 West Harrison Street
    Kent, WA. 98032

    If you would like to contact Consejo Counseling and Referral Servs, you can reach them at 253-856-9000.

    Consejo Counseling and Referral Servs offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons With Hiv/Aids, Gays And Lesbians, Seniors/Older Adults, Criminal Justice Clients, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired, Spanish
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid