Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare
Drug Rehab Center in Durango, Colorado
Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare offers a range of levels of drug rehab for opioid addiction, substance abuse, dual diagnosis and mental health services tailored to individuals in Durango, CO, with evidence-based therapy methods such as CBT and DBT to help promote sobriety and improved quality of life.
About This Durango, CO Facility
Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare is an addiction treatment facility located in Durango, Colorado. They specialize in helping individuals struggling with opioid addiction, substance abuse, dual diagnosis, drug addiction, and mental health issues. With a focus on providing comprehensive and personalized care, Axis Health System offers a range of treatment options to meet the unique needs of each individual. Their services include aftercare support, drug rehab, dual-diagnosis treatment, intensive outpatient programs, intervention services, outpatient treatment, detoxification, and inpatient care. As an affiliated facility of Axis Health System, patients can expect to receive high-quality and evidence-based treatment from a dedicated team of professionals.
At Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare, individuals seeking recovery can expect a wide range of services and treatment methods tailored to their specific needs. The facility provides comprehensive aftercare support, which plays a crucial role in maintaining sobriety and preventing relapse. Through individualized therapy sessions, patients can address underlying issues related to addiction and mental health, facilitating long-term recovery. The facility offers various levels of care, including detoxification services for a safe and supportive withdrawal process, as well as inpatient and outpatient programs. The treatment approach combines medical interventions, counseling, support groups, and educational programs to address both the physical and psychological aspects of addiction and substance abuse. With a focus on dual diagnosis treatment, Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare aims to help patients manage co-occurring mental health conditions alongside their addiction, promoting holistic healing and overall well-being.
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Substance abuse refers to the intensive and inappropriate use of psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are those that affect brain function. These include illegal drugs, alcohol, and even the excessive use of prescription drugs. The overuse of psychoactive substances leads to severe physical or psychological dependence. It also affects the social life and relationships of the affected individual. Substance abuse is treatable.
The duration of treatment at Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare in Durango can require weeks or even months depending on the severity of the condition as there is a risk of relapse. Treatment options include medications, counseling sessions, various types of behavioral therapy, and group therapy in different combinations.
Addiction to prescription opioid painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone, and illicit opioids such as heroin, leads to potentially life-threatening withdrawal symptoms when discontinued. Opioid addiction treatment typically involves an inpatient stay at facilities like Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare to make sure they get through withdrawal safely. Treatment also includes comprehensive mental health counseling.
Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare in Colorado knows it is vital to diagnose dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder.
Levels of Care Offered
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Detox, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Intervention, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
One of the first things an addict should do when entering treatment is to abstain from using illicit drugs completely. Depending on the length of time that the person has been using, the addict may have to go through alcohol or drug withdrawal. Fortunately, detox doesn’t have to be done alone, and withdrawal symptoms can be managed medically in an inpatient or outpatient setting. While detox may be uncomfortable, it is not life-threatening. Detoxification allows the addict to rid the body of all traces of drugs or alcohol and gives the addict a clean slate for their recovery.
Inpatient programs are intensive regimes that require individuals suffering from serious addictions to admit themselves into a controlled environment. Inpatient programs in Colorado generally span over 28 days to six months. The first step in an inpatient program is medically assisted detox. Doctors and addiction specialists at Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare monitor the individual’s vital signs as the drugs leave their system. Some inpatient rehab programs also provide counseling for family members to provide encouragement and emotional support. In inpatient programs, patients have access to 24-hour medical supervision.
Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in Colorado is appropriate for patients in residential recovery facilities that have been diagnosed with addiction. Patients return to their everyday lives gradually, increasing the likeliness of success in treatment.
To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the Colorado patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.
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 Durango, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.
Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare‘s Therapies & Programs
In addiction recovery at Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare, therapy plays a significant role. This helps patients get to the root of their addiction and discover how the problems that contributed to their use can be handled better. Therapy can be performed in a group and one on one settings. The patient interacts with the therapist in a one-on-one atmosphere during individual therapy. This encourages them to reflect on the underlying addiction problems and develop ways to avoid potential future abuse.
Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that focuses on eliminating specific negative thoughts such as suicidal thoughts that can potentially lead to an individual inflicting self-harm. It is useful in the treatment of patients exhibiting uncontrollable emotions, intense mood swings, and borderline personality disorders.
The term “Dialectic” means the integration of opposites. In the substance abuse context, DBT refers to accepting the patient’s addiction and working to change their thoughts and behavior. It improves life skills such as controlling the intense emotions without reacting impulsively, resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively, and promoting awareness about self and others.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare aims to establish a healthy response to thoughts and feelings as an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol. It also promotes healthy communication between addicts and those around them. It is and effective therapy for people suffering with all types of addictions.
The recovery technique used by Alcoholics Anonymous is the 12 step program, but it can relate to any form of addiction. The 12 steps that addicts must take on the road to recovery are explained. Measures include acknowledging that you have a problem and agreeing to turn around your life. The curriculum, instructed by Axis Health System - Columbine Behavioral Healthcare, also requires a belief in a greater power and making amends to others.
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281 Sawyer Drive Suite 100 Ste 100
Durango, CO 81301
(970) 259-2162
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Durango, Colorado Addiction Information
The Centennial State has slipped to a ranking of 12th in the country for drug abuse. Each year around 24% of the state's population uses illegal drugs while nearly 5% of its population abuses alcohol. Substance-related deaths in Colorado were responsible for 15.12% between 2008 and 2017. Fortunately, Colorado drug and alcohol addiction treatment are available to help a person overcome addiction.
In 2013, 1,743 people were living in Durango who was dependent on or abusing drugs. Additionally, in 2013 there were 682 admissions to treatment centers for drug abuse in the Durango area. In Durango, there are 4 addiction treatment centers. A few different drug treatment options are available in Durango, Colorado. The most common type of drug rehab is an inpatient facility.
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