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The most fundamental purpose of a drug treatment center is to help you regain health, function, and productivity in your family, work, and community environments. These centers provide a great deal of comprehensive services. Studies have shown that drug addiction treatment works better to reduce drug intake more so than if an individual were to attempt to quit alone or with only family support. These drug treatment centers meet not only basic needs but emotional and psychological needs as well:
- Food, clothing, and shelter
- Social support
- Social services
- Psychological assessment
- Mental health care
- Job counseling and training
- Legal assistance
- Parent training
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- Family therapy
- Couples counseling
- Medical care
- HIV and STD prevention
- Child care
- Assertiveness training
- Family planning services
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The ultimate goal of all drug abuse treatment is to enable and encourage individuals to live and maintain drug-free lives with long-term abstinence. The immediate goals are to reduce drug use, increase cognitive and physical functioning, and minimize social and medical consequences of drug use.
Please call our Quitline to receive a referral to the treatment center closest to you as well as one-on-one phone education detailing a comprehensive plan for quitting.
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