Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez
Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez in Commerce, California, focuses on comprehensive mental health services for youth, families, and adults. This center provides personalized, evidence-based outpatient care through extended hours from Monday to Thursday, supporting community mental health needs and substance abuse issues.
The mission is to deliver personalized, evidence-based care to individuals struggling with mental health and substance abuse issues. The center is a vital resource for mental health support in the East Los Angeles area.
- Specializes in youth and family services, offering targeted interventions and support.
- Provides group therapy, medication support, and targeted case management.
- Offers specialized foster care services to support vulnerable youth populations.
- Emphasizes community outreach and crisis intervention services.
This center treats mental health concerns and substance abuse, with a focus on youth, families, and adults. Clients with complex needs benefit significantly from their comprehensive care services.
- 10 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 2 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 16 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Conditions and Issues Treated
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction treatment facilities in California, like Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez cover both illegal and prescription opioids abuse. Most plans include detoxification and subsequent medications to ease the process. Behavioral therapies and counseling are also necessary to resolve the root cause of addiction.
Dual-Diagnosis
A dual diagnosis is when someone deals with both alcohol and mental or emotional disorder. Emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression can be part of dual diagnosis therapy. It must happen simultaneously to get care for these conditions to handle any of them effectively.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An outpatient treatment program is set up to help with alcohol or drug addiction, or a co-occurring disorder. The patient must attend the California facility for their therapy and other programs but are able to return home each night. The frequency of mandatory attendance decreases after much of Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez‘s program is complete.
Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez‘s Therapies & Programs
Treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success. Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez counselor. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction.
Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. It becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Some facilities like Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez in Los Angeles, CA offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal.
When family members are more proactive and involved in the treatment procedure, it encourages the patient to advance his or her progress. Moreover, it shouldn’t be ignored that genetics play a role when it comes to addiction, so it’s better to approach the problem as a unit. Also, with proper education, family members can help an individual avoid addiction triggers and guide him or her in making lifestyle changes necessary for his or her sobriety.
It has been said that unhealed trauma is the root of most addictions. Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. Healing past traumas and introducing coping strategies are strong foundations for sustained recovery from addiction. This may involve individual or group counseling or both, in a Los Angeles, CA facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez understand how their feelings, beliefs, and thoughts affect their behaviors. DBT is particularly useful for people with self-harming behaviors, as well as those with substance abuse disorders. DBT teaches people how to tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, and how to become mindful.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders, and if not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders.
CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern by cognitive restructuring. In simple terms, it helps to remove negative thoughts and provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness, self-control, and healthy ways to respond to negative thoughts. It can be administered as a mono-therapy as well as a part of combination therapy.
In the midst of an addiction certain healthy habits and behaviors can be forgotten or discarded altogether. While in treatment you will learn life skills that will help you successfully maintain sobriety and rebuild your life in Los Angeles, CA. Some examples of this are time management, social skills, nutrition, hygiene, stress management and taking care of yourself.
Addiction commonly results in varying levels of malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This can be reflected in weight loss, hair loss or hair changes, skin irregularities and damage to multiple internal body functions. While in active addiction meals can be skipped or replaced by drugs or alcohol. Eating correctly to replace lost vitamins and minerals while balancing your diet can build confidence while restoring your health from the inside out.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) helps smokers get nicotine into their system without resorting to smoking. It’s a way to help people quit smoking without going cold turkey and experience aggressive withdrawal symptoms. The products (in the form of gums, sprays, patches, inhales, or lozenges) used in NRT provide the body with nicotine, excluding the toxic substances found in tobacco.
NRT treatment at Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez in Los Angeles, California lowers down nicotine cravings, so the patient does not go through physical weakness while dealing with the emotional and mental stress of quitting smoking. Coupling NRT with counseling and other means of support gives long-term smokers a better chance of removing their unhealthy habit.Patient Experience
Experiential Therapy at Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez
Experential therapy is a unique type of therapy that deals with the subconscious mind. This treatment offered by Enki Health and Research Systems - Margarita Mendez in Los Angeles, CA encourages individuals to work out their issues with their inner self. Some of the most common examples of experiential therapy are equine therapy, music therapy, adventure therapy, and role playing.
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Location & Contact
1000 Goodrich Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90022
Phone Number
(323) 832-9795
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Los Angeles, California Addiction and Treatment
More than 3 million of California's citizens are addicted to illegal drugs. Almost 800,000 people use hard drugs, almost 5 million use marijuana, and another 2.1 million abuse alcohol every year. Other substance abuse issues such as binge drinking and teen drug use are also common. Many illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana are smuggled into the state from Mexico.
Los Angeles is a vibrant Southern California city known for its thriving arts, culture, and entertainment scene. Angelenos enjoy an active lifestyle with plenty of outdoor activities, fitness, and self-care opportunities. However, the city has seen a significant increase in opioid-related deaths, with fentanyl detected in 90% of methamphetamine-related deaths in 2019. From 2013 to 2019, cocaine-related treatment admissions in Los Angeles County increased from 6.8% to 14% of total admissions.
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