Alaska VA Healthcare System
Drug Rehab Center in Anchorage, Alaska
- Substance Abuse
- Opioid Addiction
- Drug Addiction
About This Anchorage, AK Facility
Alaska VA Healthcare System is a Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse and drug treatment center which offers a variety of treatment methods in their VA Funded facility, located in Anchorage, AK. Each person seeking treatment is offered an individualized plan using well-tested therapies done by clinical professionals. Alaska VA Healthcare System’s location in Alaska accepts most private health insurance.
Many opioid and alcohol users in Anchorage, AK see things as bleak. Fortunately, there are many rehab services available, such as Alaska VA Healthcare System, to help you get on the path to recovery.
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Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally, you may be suffering from substance abuse.
Fortunately facilities like Alaska VA Healthcare System in Anchorage, AK are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction treatment facilities in Alaska, like Alaska VA Healthcare System 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.
Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse
Levels of Care Offered
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Detox, Drug Rehab, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, Partial-Hospitalization, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Drug Detox
A detox program helps the person physically withdraw from drugs and helps them track their progress. So, suppose the person isn’t ready for sobriety (or relapses). In that case, the treatment professionals can catch it early and help re-orient them towards recovery.
In order to focus on the psychological aspects of addiction, one must first address the physical symptoms of withdrawal.
Withdrawal symptoms can be painful, even fatal, so managing the detox process carefully is critical. Severe withdrawal symptoms are often treated with more advanced pharmaceutical interventions. Nausea and headaches are common side effects of detoxification.
Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
An intensive outpatient treatment program is set up for those struggling with an addiction to begin the recovery process. Patients come to Anchorage, AK to Alaska VA Healthcare System for therapy, support, programs, and medical supervision. Intensive outpatient treatment is often very tightly scheduled and heavily structured.
Outpatient Program
An Outpatient Rehab Program is a part-time drug rehab program for treating individuals in Alaska with mild addiction or mild-to-moderate drug withdrawal symptoms. It generally requires about 10 to 12 hours every week. Doctors can administer on-the-spot medication to ease withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, increased heart rate, and even depression. Groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) can be used as a part of outpatient treatment to help maintain sobriety.Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) are meant for individuals experiencing trouble functioning at school or with work and other occupations, medical instability, inadequate support at home, simultaneous mental health issues, and substance use disorders in Alaska. They are also meant for those experiencing the risk of self-harm or the urge to harm others. It is a short-term treatment program offered at Alaska VA Healthcare System, aiming to improve individuals enough to be reassigned to a lower level of care. The program operates within a psychiatric hospital for several hours daily, usually three to five days per week.
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.
Alaska VA Healthcare System‘s Therapies & Programs
Community reinforcement plus vouchers, Contingency management/motivational incentives, Detox, Drug Rehab, Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis, Hepatitis Education / Counseling / Support, HIV or AIDS education, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Naloxone and overdose education, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Partial-Hospitalization (PHP), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Residential Short Term (<30 Days), Vocational Training
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Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Phone Number(907) 273-4011 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Anchorage, Alaska Addiction Information
Alaska is enduring a multi-faceted drug and alcohol abuse problem. Heroin-related overdoses are 50% higher in Alaska than in the rest of the United States. Methamphetamine use is a major contributing factor to violent crime in Alaska. More than 60,000 Alaskans need some sort of treatment for substance abuse and/or addiction.
9,500 people struggle with addiction to drugs or alcohol in Anchorage. The city has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic. The most commonly abused drugs include marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, and prescription drugs. Between 2012 and 2016, there was a 64% increase in the number of deaths due to drug overdoses. Several treatments are available in Anchorage. Participants receive around-the-clock care and supervision; they also have access to a variety of therapy.
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