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Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center

Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center

Drug Rehab Center in Durham, North Carolina

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

About This North Carolina Facility

Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center is a Drug Addiction Treatment Facility located in Durham, NC, that offers treatment fully covered by private insurance.

Accreditations matter when weighing your options for addiction treatment. You can also find Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center listed within the SAMHSA licensed database. Other organizations to certify or list this facility: JCAHO.

Treatment here is covered by most insurances, read more payment method details below. Have health insurance? Our admissions experts are here to help guide you in finding the best treatment center available to you. They also offer self-pay.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • SAMHSA Listed
  • Veterans
  • Accreditations

    SAMHSA

    JCAHO

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are part of mental illness. This may occur that opioid abuse and vice versa are induced by mental illness. Diagnosing a concurrent diagnosis or co-occurring condition at Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center is essential to understand the addiction better.

    Levels of Care Offered at Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Intervention, Outpatient, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Inpatient programs are intensive regimes that require individuals suffering from serious addictions to admit themselves into a controlled environment. Inpatient programs in North Carolina generally span over 28 days to six months. The first step in an inpatient program is medically assisted detox. Doctors and addiction specialists at Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center 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.

    An intensive outpatient treatment program is set up for those struggling with an addiction to begin the recovery process. Patients come to Durham, North Carolina for treatment at Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center for therapy, support, programs, and medical supervision. Intensive outpatient treatment is often very tightly scheduled and heavily structured.

    To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the North Carolina 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.

    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.

    Most people with addiction in Durham do not readily recognize that they need help. Family and friends need to take action and express their concern over their loved one’s well-being. It’s best to seek specialists like Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center, who provide intervention services.

    Aftercare comprises services that help recovering addicts readjust to normal day-to-day North Carolina activities. It can last a year or even longer. Services include individual and family counseling, medications to reduce cravings, and treatment of psychiatric and other medical conditions. Aftercare support begins once you have completed earlier stages of treatment.

    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 Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center‘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.

    Attending group therapy at Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina allows those seeking sobriety to realize they are not alone in their battles. This is when a group of people all in different phases of recovery get together and speak about their battles. They talk about their triggers, their successes, their failures, and the things they can do to get on and stay on a sober path. These sessions also teach life skills, communication, healthy habits, and can include alternative types of therapy.

    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 Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center in Durham, NC move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.

    Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a method of individual and/or group counseling in Durham, North Carolina that focuses on acceptance and change. It was developed to advance the idea of balancing opposites. It is a coping method of avoiding black and white approach to situations and problems. DBT can be very effective in developing coping strategies for negative emotions and experiences, and is available for patients at Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center.
    The relationship between the thoughts, feelings, and actions of a patient is explored by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). As an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol in Durham, North Carolina, it helps to create a balanced response to thoughts and feelings. Effective communication between users and those around them is also encouraged. It is an efficient treatment for individuals suffering from all sorts of addictions, professionally provided by Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center.

    REBT stands for rational emotional behavior therapy. This is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, that combines images with thoughts and behaviors. It allows for deeper education and understanding of what one can do to help themselves with recovery. It is a deep sense of self-help education managed by Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center that lets someone recovering work through issues on their own, knowing they have the support of people around them if they need it.

    Training someone on improved life skills allows for someone recovering from an addiction to feel more capable at taking care of him or herself. The skills taught at Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center in Durham, NC are daily skills that give a better recovery foundation by simply giving someone the tools they need to survive. They include communicating, time and money management, career guidance, and more.

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Durham VA Health Care System - VA Medical Center Location and Directions
    Address Information508 Fulton St
    Durham, North Carolina 27705 Phone Number(919) 286-0411 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Durham, 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.

    Over 8% of the population in Durham abuses drugs, and this number continues to rise. Prescription opioids, heroin, and cocaine are the most commonly abused drugs in the city. Marijuana is also a problem, with many people using it as their first drug. About 26% of HIV/AIDS cases are attributed to injection drug use. Local officials have started to offer various programs to help those affected by addiction.

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