More Drug Treatment Facilities offering Special Programs for Addiction
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In a recent 2005 survey of mental health recovery centers and drug treatment facilities more special programs are being tailored to specific patient groups. The most common programs being offered by mental health clinics are geared towards those with both an addiction and a co-occuring psychiatric disorder, with at least 38 percent of the facilities in the United States offering this type of program.
This is great news for the mental health industry and those suffering chronically with addiction. The road to recovery is long and tedious, but with the right programs, support from counselors and medical personnel and their own strength of will addictions can be managed and psychological conditions treated.
Other types of programs are also being offered for adult women, adolescents, seniors, post-partum moms and those with HIV/AIDS. About 83 percent of all clinics offer at least one special program with even the smallest mental health clinics offering at least the special program geared towards those with co-occuring psychological diseases and an addiction.
There are an estimated 13,371 mental health recovery facilities in the United States at this time and only one third of them responded to the survey so there may be an even greater number of facilities with special programs geared towards specific groups suffering from addictions available to the public. Anyone who has need of help in recovery from an addiction can call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) hotline at 1-800-662-HELP for aid in finding a mental health recovery facility near them.
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