Inpatient Drug Rehab in Atascocita, TX

When you wish to quit an addiction, you have a choice to make for the format in which you will accept treatment -- the inpatient format where you check into rehab for the duration of the treatment, or the outpatient format where you accept care as a casual patient, visiting rehab each day, but otherwise living life in a regular way. To many addicts and their families, the outpatient option is the natural, if uneasy choice, for the simple reason that it costs a fraction of the alternative. At our inpatient drug rehab in Atascocita, we see that the choice presents a real dilemma to patients. We do our best to help explain to them how each choice works out.

Why Addiction Needs Rehab

Unrestrained long-term use of drugs or alcohol has the effect of altering the brain's chemical balance. The brain adapts to such altered chemical balance over time. This tends to be a problem when the addict attempts to quit drugs, however.

When access to drugs becomes unavailable, the brain is unable to quickly re-adapt to its natural chemical state. The process of re-adapting can take days or weeks, during which time, the brain experiences severe chemical imbalance and disruption. The addict experiences this disruption in the form of severe withdrawal symptoms -- psychological and physical reactions that can be severely distressing at best, and fatal in the worst cases.

Rehab services are sought to help patients counter these withdrawal symptoms in a medically safe manner. It is the detox process in rehab that helps counter these effects. Physicians and addiction professionals in attendance administer medications, and help calm the brain to restore some semblance of chemical balance for safe passage through the process.

Addicts experience a number of challenges facing the detox process:

• They tend to be psychologically vulnerable, and require considerable emotional support.
• They tend to be unmotivated about getting better; temptation can get the better of them.
• Most suffer from psychiatric disorders together with their addictions.
• They tend to suffer from psychological disorders -- self-loathing, a guilt complex, anger and many other issues make it hard for them to focus on their treatment or exercise self-restraint.
• They may suffer from a number of health disorders as a result of their drug use, and can require very close care.

In both outpatient and inpatient treatment, the detox process is addressed through the prescription of drugs and therapy. In theory, the treatment programs in Atascocita in outpatient treatment and in inpatient rehab is the same. In practice, however, there is a real difference.

Inpatient Care Promises Superior Results

At our center for inpatient drug rehab in Atascocita, we try our best to help patients and their families grasp how important the right choice of care format is.

Treating addictions isn't simply about taking a few medicines. Addiction is mainly a psychological disorder. Patients need to be motivated about getting better. They need to actively engage in their treatment, work to resist temptation, and learn how to face their problems in life on their own without seeking recourse to escapism. Active psychological engagement is central to leaving an addiction behind.

Inpatient rehab for addiction is designed for the treatment and support needed for such psychological engagement. It offers close supervision by experienced staff at all times, and there is far less pain involved because withdrawal symptoms are quickly addressed. Intensive therapy is able to equip patients with the psychological skills that they need to face their problems, and patients do not need to worry about temptation in their drug-free environment. The support that they receive from other patients at the facility often helps them find inspiration, as well.

When it comes to treating dual diagnosis in Atascocita, addictions complicated by the presence of co-existent psychiatric disorders, inpatient rehab programs are the only workable option available. It takes very close attention by psychiatrists and clinicians to treat a condition where an addict suffers from schizophrenia, OCD, bipolar or another serious disorder.

Ensuring Competent Treatment

Inpatient rehab programs tend to be more expensive than outpatient care for obvious reasons -- patients receive a far greater level of care. Many families, however, wonder if the added cost is applied to meaningless luxury and not to care.

While meaningless luxury does exist in celebrity rehabs, inpatient care isn't synonymous with luxury. Instead, such care is about following treatment methods that are scientifically valid. It's important for the patient to research every rehab in the area to ensure that the best principles of scientific care are followed.

At our center for inpatient drug rehab in Atascocita, our treatment plans keep up with the latest in evidence-based science, and for this reason, our inpatient care offers meaningful improvement in actual results. If you would like to speak to one of our experts to understand how treatment programs work, you only need to call. Call us now at (877) 804-1531.