What Makes Our Drug Addiction Treatment Plans Successful?
The most successful approaches to substance abuse treatment and recovery consider all available information about a resident, and leverage the experience of a multidisciplinary staff to customize a holistic treatment program.
This collaborative approach is one of the distinguishing elements of drug addiction treatment at a leading rehab center like Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center. It’s also one of the reasons why so many leading outpatient drug abuse and addiction specialists refer to us their patients who need more intensive treatment, or who have struggled to sustain recovery in an outpatient setting. Many hospitals also commonly suggest us for women and girls who need to address the root causes of their addiction following an overdose or inpatient detox.
Before Admission
Planning for a woman’s treatment needs begins early on in our admissions review process. We ask both the woman and her family to provide information about her alcoholism or drug addiction symptoms, challenges in work or school, and issues with friends or family. We also request her permission to communicate with previous alcohol and drug treatment providers to gather information about medical history, psychiatric history, past substance abuse treatment progress, and stumbling blocks to achieving or maintaining recovery from dependence on drugs or alcohol.
Thorough Assessment
Upon admission, every resident undergoes a comprehensive medical and psychiatric assessment. She is then assigned a treatment team with several key members whom she will meet individually after she settles in on campus:
Primary therapist (may be a Christian therapist, upon request)
Family therapist
Psychiatrist (MD)
Internal medicine physician (MD)
Addiction specialist
Registered dietician (RD)
Eating disorder specialist, when indicated
Each treatment team member provides an assessment within the woman’s first days at Timberline Knolls. The findings are integrated and reviewed with our entire clinical staff, including other therapists and psychiatrists. As a result, our full knowledge about successful drug abuse and addiction treatment is integrated into each woman’s treatment plan.