Founded in 1993 and located in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island, Together We Can is one of Canada's premier treatment centres for men struggling with substance misuse issues. Our mission is to educate and support individuals and their families who desire a new life in recovery. We provide an immersive 60-90 day recovery-based primary addiction treatment experience and hosts an on-site medical clinic staffed by three physicians, a dietician, and a Registered Nurse. The medical clinic offers medication stabilization, detox/withdrawal management, and continued after-care. Together We Can offers a free program for families composed of an education group, grief and loss support group, and peer-based support meeting. Our staff and volunteers understand that long-term recovery is most successful when people are provided with health and wellness supports for physical, mental, and emotional healing. Our continuum of care includes residential and outpatient addiction treatment, transitional housing, after-care, and alumni initiatives.
Founded in 1993 and located in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island, Together We Can is one of Canada's premier treatment centres for men struggling with substance misuse issues. Our mission is to educate and support individuals and their families who desire a new life in recovery. We provide an immersive 60-90 day recovery-based primary addiction treatment experience and hosts an on-site medical clinic staffed by three physicians, a dietician, and a Registered Nurse. The medical clinic offers medication stabilization, detox/withdrawal management, and continued after-care. Together We Can offers a free program for families composed of an education group, grief and loss support group, and peer-based support meeting. Our staff and volunteers understand that long-term recovery is most successful when people are provided with health and wellness supports for physical, mental, and emotional healing. Our continuum of care includes residential and outpatient addiction treatment, transitional housing, after-care, and alumni initiatives.
EHN Bellwood Nova Scotia is a proud part of EHN Canada, a nation wide network of facilities for addiction, mental health, and trauma treatment. Set amidst 110 acres of land in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, patients benefit from healing in peaceful surroundings, with fields, woodland, and coastline all within reach. They have programs specially designed to treat patients struggling with substance use with or without concurrent mental illness (includes detox, stabilization, psychoeducation, skill-building and relapse prevention) or experiencing symptoms of PTSD or operational stress injury as a result of their line of work.
EHN Bellwood Nova Scotia is a proud part of EHN Canada, a nation wide network of facilities for addiction, mental health, and trauma treatment. Set amidst 110 acres of land in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, patients benefit from healing in peaceful surroundings, with fields, woodland, and coastline all within reach. They have programs specially designed to treat patients struggling with substance use with or without concurrent mental illness (includes detox, stabilization, psychoeducation, skill-building and relapse prevention) or experiencing symptoms of PTSD or operational stress injury as a result of their line of work.
Dunham House is a residential treatment centre specializing in addiction and concurrent mental health disorders. Our programs are offered in English, providing individualized and evidence-based care at our serene campus based in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.
Dunham House is a residential treatment centre specializing in addiction and concurrent mental health disorders. Our programs are offered in English, providing individualized and evidence-based care at our serene campus based in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.
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Dual Diagnosis Treatment Centres
Formerly known as dual diagnosis or dual disorder, co-occurring disorders describe the presence of two or more disorders at the same time. For example, a person may suffer substance abuse as well as bipolar disorder.
Dual Diagnosis in Halifax, NS or dual disorder in Halifax, NS is the condition of suffering from a mental illness and a substance abuse problem. Just as the field of treatment for substance use and mental disorders has evolved to become more precise, so too has the terminology used to describe people with both substance use and mental disorders. The term co-occurring disorders Halifax, NS replaces the terms dual disorder or dual diagnosis. These latter terms, though used commonly to refer to the combination of substance use and mental disorders, are confusing in that they also refer to other combinations of disorders (such as mental disorders and mental retardation).
To provide appropriate treatment for this complex diagnosis, professionals recommend integrated treatment of people with COD based on current research that supports the efficacy of this treatment. Integrated treatment in Halifax, NS is a means of coordinating substance abuse and mental health interventions to treat the whole person more effectively in the context of a primary treatment relationship or service setting.
Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment Halifax, NS occurs when a person receives combined treatment for mental illness and substance use from the same clinician or treatment team. It helps people develop hope, knowledge, skills, and the support they need to manage their problems and to pursue meaningful life goals.