Inpatient Treatment is most often residential in that they require that the client live within the facility during treatment. Inpatient treatment centers and programs are a higher level of care than outpatient programs and provide more intensive services and treatment than lower levels of the care continuum.Addiction Addiction implies that a drug dependency has developed to such an extent that it has serious detrimental effects on the user (referred to as an addict). They may be chronically intoxicated, have great difficulty stopping the drug use, and be determined to obtain the drug by almost any means. The term addiction is inextricably linked to society's reaction to the user, and so medical experts try to avoid using it, preferring dependence instead.
Addiction Recovery - A Life Long Process » July 26th 2007
Addiction affects both the user and the society, which means
that both should be partners in the individual’s road to addiction recovery. In a lot of cases, addiction involves both
periods of relapse and periods of recovery.
It is during relapse that support from the...tags: Addiction Recovery comments: 5