Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Drug Rehab Center in Hickory, North Carolina
About This North Carolina Facility
Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic is a Drug Addiction Treatment Facility located in Hickory, NC, that offers treatment fully covered by private insurance.
When it comes to selecting a facility, certifications are important to consider. They are also listed in or certified by CARF and JCAHO.
Treatment here is covered by most insurances, our independent research has indicated. Our admissions experts are waiting for your call, they will verify your insurance and help you narrow down the best treatment available. Lastly, self-pay or cash payment is an option.
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The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Opioid addiction is known as a high-risk factor for future heroin addiction. Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable and lead the user to continue to use. It is recommended to receive inpatient treatment and a medically supervised detox, Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Hickory, NC offers treatment for opioids.
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 Offered at Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic
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, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detoxification is a process that allows the patient to stop using opioids without experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms. This can be necessary for those who have been addicted for a long period of time or who are struggling with chronic pain. During this process, addicts will receive medication and psychological support from doctors and other medical professionals until they can control their cravings.
Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) comprise regular visits to the North Carolina facility that provides the therapy. IOP is suitable for patients who have been treated in residential treatment programs. Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic‘s patients gradually get back to their routine life.
In outpatient programs at Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic, the Hickory resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level.
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.
Not everyone who struggles with addiction in North Carolina is ready to go into a treatment program. For these individuals, intervention services may help. Friends and family of the individual can call and set up an intervention. We have a professional come and lead the discussion.
Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near Hickory, NC, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.
Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.
Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.
Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.
Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic aims to help patients understand the relationship between their thoughts, feeling and behaviors and it gives them the tools to make a change. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from extreme mental health issues.
Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that helps an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally and withdraw from social interaction due to the physical and emotional disturbances caused by addiction.
Life skills therapy helps them to improve various personal, professional and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision making, time management, regulation of emotions and resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively.
The right diet can improve a person’s general outlook, sleep habits and thought processing skills. MNT also lowers the occurrence of chronic diseases such as adult-onset diabetes. Dieticians like those at Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Hickory, NC believe that nutrition therapy is the key to making significant lifestyle changes.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low dose nicotine products to ween smokers away from cigarettes. The products get nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking reducing addiction to the physical habit. It also allows addicts to adjust to lower doses to reduce withdrawal symptoms.
Patient Experience
Creative Arts
It is believed that enhancing creativity and developing skills related to it can help people with addiction recover faster. Activities such as painting, writing, acting, and dancing are considered therapeutic and hosted and managed by Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Hickory, North Carolina. They become outlets for patients to blow off steam, channel their emotions, and express their thoughts.Experiential Therapy at Charles George VA Medical Center - Hickory Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Experiential therapy involves recreating or creating new experiences for the patient. Many people struggled with past issues such as memories or trauma. By creating a new experience, it allows people to work through the issues associated with those moments in a new experience. This can give them a new measure of control and can help them role play a new scenario. That can help push addiction into their past and help them begin the healing process.
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Hickory, North Carolina 28602 Phone Number(828) 431-5600 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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2440 Century Pl SE
Hickory, NC 28602
(828) 431-5600
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Hickory, North Carolina Addiction Information
North Carolina ranks 29th in the nation for overall substance abuse. Many of the drugs abused in the state are illicit, and many of these are opioids. Prescription opioids are readily available due to the high rates of medical workers prescribing them. The number of prescriptions has increased tenfold since the 1980's. Opioid overdoses are the most common type of death in North Carolina.
Hickory, North Carolina has one of the highest rates of drug overdose deaths in the country. In 2016, out of 948 drug-related deaths in North Carolina; Hickory accounted for 27 of the fatalities, making up 2.9% of the state's total death rate. Almost 18% reported using marijuana in Hickory. Some drug rehab centers in Hickory offer detox services, while others provide residential or inpatient treatment.
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