Alcohol Use Treatment Centers in 92124
Akua Residential Detox San Diego
Treatment Center, LMFT, MD, CADC-II, LVN, Dr
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San Diego, CA 92124
AKUA Mind and Body is a Southern California based fully-accredited and licensed addiction and mental health treatment facility that offers evidenced-based addiction medicine combined with holistic traditions for a broad spectrum integrative treatment approach. AKUA offers individualized treatment for adult men and women who have been diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder and/or a mental health disorder. Most clients present to treatment with more than one type of disorder, a condition known as co-occurring disorder, formerly labeled as dual diagnosis. An alcohol condition coupled with underlying depression is an example of a co-occurring disorder and both disorders must be treated simultaneously in order for the individual to fully heal, as one disorder will often feed off of another disorder. AKUA employs a multidisciplinary treatment team that includes admission intake counselors, therapists, dietitians,and addiction medicine physicians who work together to provide an integrative approach to treatment for both substance abuse and mental illness.
AKUA Mind and Body is a Southern California based fully-accredited and licensed addiction and mental health treatment facility that offers evidenced-based addiction medicine combined with holistic traditions for a broad spectrum integrative treatment approach. AKUA offers individualized treatment for adult men and women who have been diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder and/or a mental health disorder. Most clients present to treatment with more than one type of disorder, a condition known as co-occurring disorder, formerly labeled as dual diagnosis. An alcohol condition coupled with underlying depression is an example of a co-occurring disorder and both disorders must be treated simultaneously in order for the individual to fully heal, as one disorder will often feed off of another disorder. AKUA employs a multidisciplinary treatment team that includes admission intake counselors, therapists, dietitians,and addiction medicine physicians who work together to provide an integrative approach to treatment for both substance abuse and mental illness.
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Alcohol Use Treatment Centers
Are there specific medications for alcohol use?
There are oral medications approved to treat alcohol use disorder—such as disulfiram, acamprosate, and naltrexone, which also comes in an injectable form. These medications do help people reduce their drinking as well as avoid the problem of relapse. Naltrexone helps reduce cravings, disulfiram can make a person feel sick when they drink, and acamprosate may help ease symptoms like poor sleep and anxious feelings.
How do alcohol recovery or rehabilitation programs work?
In inpatient programs, individuals live in a facility with other patients in recovery; in outpatient programs,individuals live at home. These facilities are staffed with healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists, counselors, and psychotherapists. Staff can also include people who have recovered themselves, serving as mentors and guides. These programs may use abstinence, harm reduction, detoxification, psychotherapy, and other tools for recovery.
How do 12-step programs combined with psychotherapy work?
Members of 12-step programs help each other reach abstinence and work to maintain it. These programs promote complete change in the individual’s emotional, mental, physical, and even spiritual perspectives. Some programs require that new members attend 90 meetings in 90 days. Many people do attend these programs in conjunction with their work in psychotherapy; the combination of therapy along with 12-step can be extremely effective.
How does harm reduction combined with psychotherapy work?
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, harm reduction prevents death, injury, disease, overdose, and substance misuse. People who choose harm reduction for alcohol use reduce the amount of alcohol they intake. It is not abstinence-based like a 12-step program, but combining harm reduction with psychotherapy proves to be effective for many people.