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Drug Addiction Facts

  • According to the Center for Disease Control, methadone use is riskier than other prescription painkiller use because levels build up in the body and may interfere with a person's normal heart rhythm or breathing.
  • HIV-positive meth users experience greater neuronal injury and cognitive impairment than non-users.
  • An overdose of cocaine can lead to irregular heart beat or heart failure, high blood pressure resulting in a brain hemorrhage, repeated convulsions, respiratory failure.

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 services are on the low end of the spectrum of rehab services in terms of intensity of care, since the individual can maintain their lifestyle in lots of ways with no commitment of needing to stay in a rehab center while undergoing treatment services. Although this may seem ideal it might not provide the much needed change of environment than lots of people in rehab have to have to experience a successful rehab.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Individuals with co-occurring mental and substance abuse problems are what are known in the field of alcohol and drug treatment as dual diagnosis clients. These individuals must address both disorders when it's in treatment to find resolution because one often exacerbates the other. Luckily, there are numerous alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers who are able to specifically address the problems that persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse issues face to be able to not only become abstinent but mentally secure and also able to lead a much better quality lifestyle and not wish to self medicate with drugs and alcohol.

Persons With HIV/AIDS

Persons with HIV/AIDS who require drug abuse treatment will usually need services beyond what a standard alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility can provide. Simply because comprehensive healthcare solutions in many cases are a key part of the physical process of recovery for addicts with HIV/AIDS, who most likely have experienced a progression and worsening of the disease due to their addiction, it is crucial that these clients receive the health care necessary along with any treatment solutions for drug abuse issue.

Gays and Lesbians

It is important that gays and lesbians receive quality rehabilitation services in a rehab setting which is discreet and has treatment specialists available to them who understand the distinctive problems that they can experience in life. Because substance abuse for gays and lesbians might be triggered by the challenges they face because of their sexual preference, a facility which can help them resolve these issues and give them the confidence that they've lacked prior to arriving in rehab can be a crucial part of rehab for gay and lesbian clients.

Seniors/Older Adults

Seniors and older adults who have trouble with drug abuse could possibly have unique obstacles they must overcome when in rehabilitation, which rehab specialists in the rehab they opt to take part in must be keen of in order that a full recovery is possible. So for seniors and older adults, it is wise to choose a program that is acquainted with helping seniors and older adults deal with the distinctive life and drug abuse issues that these clients face which may include a wider spectrum of services including health care and the like.

Criminal Justice Clients

Criminal justice clients find their way into treatment due to a court ruling to satisfy a part of their sentencing for a drug offense. Criminal justice clients in drug rehab often receive reduced penalties, fines etc. when being cooperative with drug rehabilitation requirements enforced on them in sentencing and also naturally when successfully completing a drug rehab facility.

Self Payment

Self Payment is required when someone's insurance won't cover the entire cost of treatment or will only cover part of it. In these instances, it may seem like a drawback but individuals actually have a much more leverage simply because they can select whichever center they would like without the restrictions from health insurers that so many men and women face. Likewise, rehab programs will often offer payment assistance for people whose only choice is self payment to help them get into rehab.

Medicaid

Some rehab programs accept Medicaid in the event the individual cannot self pay or present some other type of private medical insurance. Medicaid might cover outpatient and short-term rehab inside a limited amount of programs, and in this case individuals may wish to investigate the self pay option and come up with up any resources they are able to to cover a more quality rehabilitation center that will produce better results, such as a long-term residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation program.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can receive rehabilitation at drug and alcohol treatment facilities which provide either inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation if the facility is in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the consent of their Medicare appointed doctor, who must assist in establishing the person's treatment plan. Inpatient services are provided through Medicare Medicare Part A, with out of pocket costs being just like any other type of hospital stay, and outpatient rehabilitation being paid for through Medicare Part B.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which program you are covered by, all private medical insurance plans generally cover some kind of alcohol and drug treatment service which range from outpatient rehab to inpatient or residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities. Individuals could have to participate in a drug and alcohol rehab program which is in their network of providers and there may be other restrictions like the length of time their stay in rehab is covered. Individuals can select an excellent center they like and meet with a rehab counselor to find out if their insurance will take care of it.

  • Southeast Nassau Guidance Center Inc
    Southeast Nassau Guidance Center Inc is located at:

    2146 Jackson Avenue
    Seaford, NY. 11783

    If you would like to contact Southeast Nassau Guidance Center Inc, you can reach them at 516-221-3030.

    Southeast Nassau Guidance Center Inc 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
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private Health Insurance