Outpatient Treatment Doesn't Mean Less Personalized Addiction Treatment

 

"The Myth That Outpatient Addiction Treatment is Less Personalized than Residential Rehab"

This myth grew out of many years of less personalized treatment programs in the past. In the past, drug treatment fell into 1 of 2 categories: Inpatient Treatment, and Outpatient Treatment. These outpatient treatment options in the past were usually made up of group drug counseling sessions, group therapies, and regular meetings to help recovering addicts continue their sobriety and stay away from drugs and alcohol. 

The problem with these outpatient groups was that those participating were not kept to any strict schedule in the meetings and therapies they attended (not like in a residential inpatient treatment program, where the participant must attend, or get kicked out of the program), many of those simply stopped attending and never tried outpatient treatment again.

Today's Outpatient Addiction Treatment Programs are much more structured, and follow many of the models of a traditional inpatient residential rehab. Intensive Outpatient Treatment Programs especially involve all of the aspects of inpatient rehab, but with the convenience of allowing a participant to still live at their own home, attend school, or work your normal schedule. Convenience is the only thing different between modern inpatient and outpatient treatment plans.

So before you give-in to the myth that your addiction treatment program will be less successful with an outpatient treatment program, look closer at the options between inpatient and outpatient programs, and depending on your home life situation, outpatient treatment may be the best option for your addiction recovery plan.

Summit Behavioral Health Offers Our Proven Addiction Treatment Programs for Both Outpatient and Inpatient Guests: