Albany Stratton VA Medical Center - Saranac Lake Community Based OP
Drug Rehab Center in Saranac Lake, New York
About This New York Facility
Albany Stratton VA Medical Center - Saranac Lake Community Based OP’s Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center location in Saranac Lake, NY, offers multiple levels of care, individualized treatment options, and accepts most health insurance.
When selecting a facility, accreditations matter. We also discovered an additional certification by JCAHO.
Our independent research has indicated treatment here is typically fully covered by most insurances. Please call our admissions experts for insurance coverage information and verification. Self-pay is also available.
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Levels of Care Offered at Albany Stratton VA Medical Center - Saranac Lake Community Based OP
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) comprise regular visits to the New York facility that provides the therapy. IOP is suitable for patients who have been treated in residential treatment programs. Albany Stratton VA Medical Center - Saranac Lake Community Based OP‘s patients gradually get back to their routine life.
Facilities like Albany Stratton VA Medical Center - Saranac Lake Community Based OP offer a variety of services, such as individual and group counseling and family therapy. During the sessions, you work with a team of experts that include: General physicians, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Psychologists. The main goals of outpatient recovery programs are to help addicted individuals reduce drug use and addictive behaviors, eventually becoming entirely sober.
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.
Treatment is just a first step in sustaining sobriety. After rehabilitation, counseling for aftercare helps the person adapt to a life without drugs. A sober living facility in Saranac Lake, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by Albany Stratton VA Medical Center - Saranac Lake Community Based OP. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.
Therapies & Programs
Therapy plays a major role in addiction recovery. It encourages patients to get to the root of their addiction and learn how to better handle the issues that led to using. Therapy can be conducted in group and one on one settings. In Albany Stratton VA Medical Center - Saranac Lake Community Based OP‘s individual therapy, the patient meets with the therapist in a one on one setting. This allows them to focus on the underlying issues of addiction and come up with solutions to prevent future abuse.
One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Addiction involves everyone in a family, not only the addict. Couples therapy can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged.
When the whole family is involved, healing can be far more successful. Family counseling involves genetic factors to the family of the addict. This offers the means to cope with addiction and its underlying emotional disorders for loved ones. It is a helpful method for addicts in helping to adjust to sober living.
Trauma therapy allows people who struggled with a past trauma to face the situation and learn to overcome the situation. Many people who went through trauma early on, struggle with addiction later in life. By addressing the trauma and moving past the issues, it can help someone attending treatment at Albany Stratton VA Medical Center - Saranac Lake Community Based OP in Saranac Lake, NY move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.
Addiction commonly results in malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This can be reflected in weight loss, hair loss or hair changes, skin irregularities. Eating correctly to replace lost vitamins and minerals while balancing your diet can build confidence. Albany Stratton VA Medical Center - Saranac Lake Community Based OP will help you get back on track.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low-dose nicotine drugs to eliminate tobacco addiction from smokers. Without smoking, the treatment at Albany Stratton VA Medical Center - Saranac Lake Community Based OP in Saranac Lake, NY brings nicotine into the bloodstream to minimize dependence on the physical habit, while detoxing the body from the attachment. To alleviate withdrawal symptoms, it also helps abusers to adapt to lower doses over time.
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Saranac Lake, New York 12983 Phone Number(518) 626-5237 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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33 Depot St
Saranac Lake, NY 12983
(518) 626-5237
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Saranac Lake, New York Addiction Information
More than 2 million New Yorkers are currently suffering from some type of substance abuse and many of those are minors. Alcohol abuse, in particular, is prevalent among those underage. As a result of the high prices and regulation of prescription drugs, many New Yorkers turn to heroin instead. This has led to a serious heroin epidemic in the state.
The drug addiction problem in Saranac Lake, New York, is relatively bad. 1,462 admissions to drug treatment programs in Saranac Lake in 2016. 1 in 3 people who start using heroin become dependent upon it. The type of drug treatment available in Saranac Lake will depend on the facility you choose. Most treatment programs will offer a variety of treatments, such as individual counseling, group therapy, medication-assisted treatment, and holistic therapies.
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