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Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health

Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health

Drug Rehab Center in Poteau, Oklahoma

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health provides comprehensive addiction and substance abuse treatment with evidence-based clinical care, individualized approaches, and support services including medication management, counseling, case management, and crisis intervention.

About This Oklahoma Facility

Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health in Poteau, Oklahoma, is a comprehensive addiction and substance abuse treatment program offering a wide range of services to individuals and families. They provide evidence-based clinical care and individualized approaches to all of their patients, offering assessment and treatment options tailored specifically to the individual's needs. Programs offered range from medication management to individual, family and group counseling. They also provide support services such as case management and crisis intervention.

At Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center – Senior Health, they focus on providing multifaceted and comprehensive treatment approaches to address the entire scope of the patient’s physical, psychological, and social requirements. They provide individualized treatment plans including cognitive and behavior modification and education, as well as relapse prevention plans to manage ongoing recovery. Their goal is to help patients identify and address underlying issues that have contributed to substance abuse, to enable their path to a long-term recovery.

The staff at Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center – Senior Health is certified in addiction therapy and are committed to providing the highest quality of care. In order to ensure consistency of treatment, they have achieved accreditation from the Joint Commission, and have obtained licensure from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The facility also offers professional resources for family members and friends, such as individual counseling and support groups. Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center – Senior Health is also active in the community, providing outreach and educational programs aimed at preventing substance abuse.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    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 Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health

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

    When a patient checks into Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health, inpatient care takes place. Patients undergo treatment that requires detoxification and counseling round the clock. While outpatient treatments are available in Oklahoma, as the first phase in recovery, inpatient care is suggested. Intensive and thorough rehabilitation sets patients on the road to a drug-free life.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health. 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 Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.

    Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health 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.

    Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. Accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. With Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health in Poteau, Oklahoma, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.

    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. Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health 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.

    Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between how someone feels, acts, and thinks. It shows someone how to accept responsibility for their behaviors and actions, while also strengthening a person’s awareness of the circumstances they put themselves into. It can give people attending Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health in Poteau, Oklahoma the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

    Patient Experience

    Experiential Therapy at Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health

    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.

    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.
    Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center - Senior Health Location and Directions
    Address Information105 S Wall St
    Poteau, Oklahoma 74953 Phone Number(918) 635-3580 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Poteau, Oklahoma Addiction Information

    The state of Oklahoma ranks second in the United States of America for residents with substance abuse disorders. Since 2004 the state has continuously exceeded the national standard of substance abuse cases. The state spent more than $37 million to combat addiction by investing in quality drug and alcohol addiction treatment in 2017. An estimated 600 to 800 people are on waiting lists each day for inpatient addiction treatment.

    In Poteau, there are about 912 people who are addicted to drugs. Drug addiction can impact all aspects of an individual's life. From 1999 to 2016, the number of drug overdose deaths increased more than six-fold in the city. Some of the most common types of treatment include inpatient rehab, outpatient rehab, and 12-step programs.

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