Frequently, when a patient has been abusing a substance such as alcohol, an opioid, a benzodiazepine, and/or some other prescription medication, the patient requires medically monitored detoxification or “detox”. The Admissions Team at Alternatives is able to coordinate a patient’s admission to one of several detox facilities or hospitals, all of whom work closely with Alternatives and share our belief in quality, ethical services with utmost consideration for the patient. We will monitor a patient’s progress while in detox and coordinate a smooth transition to Alternatives upon discharge. We will often arrange for one our staff to meet with the patient while at that facility.
ADDICTION RECOVERY PROCESS & PROGRAMS
Our clinically designed addiction recovery programs provide a variety of choices to best treat the person seeking help. Drug and alcohol treatment plans are individually designed to address each person’s recovery needs.
When you are admitted for chemical dependency to alcohol, crack, cocaine, heroin or other opiates, benzodiazepines, hallucinogens or prescription drugs as well as a mood disorder or one of the many other diagnoses associated with addiction, you will have access to these recovery programs during the addiction recovery process:
Short-term Primary Treatment
Partial Hospitalization
Extended Care
Intensive Outpatient Program
Day and Evening Programs
Relapse Program
Family Program
The level of care and length of stay are determined by the needs of the patient. Our psychiatric and psychological consultants are closely involved throughout the addiction recovery process in the drug addiction/alcohol treatment prescription. This individualized treatment planning has been shown to improve treatment outcomes.
IMPAIRED PROFESSIONALS
In addition to being available to the general public, Alternatives also addresses the needs of impaired professionals-physicians, nurses, attorneys, pilots and other licenses subgroups, many of whom have been helped to reverse the cycle of addiction in their lives in a setting of caring confidentiality, to return, in quality recovery, to their respective professions. Alternatives works closely with many organizations such as:
UAW
Physicians’ Recovery Network (PRN)
Intervention Program for Nurses (IPN)
Florida Bar
Alternatives cooperates fully with all professional and legal requirements and is regulated by Federal Confidentiality Guidelines.
