What Are the Types of Drug Treatment Programs?

Published December 4, 2012

Question by bernice np: What are the types of drug treatment programs?
I was just wondering about the varieties of drug treatments available and would like to know what they’re called.

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Answer by debra t
There are lots of drug treatment programs out there. There are Agonist Maintenance Treatments, Narcotic Antagonist Treatment Using Naltrexone, Outpatient Drug-Free Treatment, Long-Term Residential Treatment, Short-Term Residential Programs, Medical Detoxification and Treating Criminal Justice-Involved Drug Abusers and Addicts.

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Outpatient Drug Treatment Programs – Outpatient drug treatment programs – Using transitional therapy and housing to ensure recovery www.therecoveryplace.net (877) 903-2532 Outpatient drug treatment at The Recovery Place is successful due to the focus on life skills and progressive transition of care. Many residential drug and alcohol treatment centers cut their clients loose at the end of 30 or more days, with no transitional care. The Recovery Place knows that this method refuses to follow this destructive treatment modality in their drug treatment and rehabilitation. Once clients finish treatment in The Recovery Place residential drug rehab program, they transition to progressively independent living facilities. The TRP outpatient drug treatment program focuses on life skills management that is crucial if the addict is to remain clean. John, CEO of The Recovery Place explains, “Our community housing facility is where all of our patients live. They do grocery shopping, they eat together. They doing all of the things they didn’t do when abusing. ” John has been clean and sober for 10 years, and has a personal understanding of what works. As clients require less structure, they move into sober living housing, where they manage activities and chores with their peers.

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