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Fort Lauderdale Hospital

Fort Lauderdale Hospital

Drug Rehab Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  • Mental Health
  • Eating Disorder
  • Dual Diagnosis

Fort Lauderdale Hospital's drug rehab program provides personalized, comprehensive, accredited, evidence-based treatment with a variety of options for both adults and adolescents, in addition to accepting health insurance plans and providing financial assistance.

About This Fort Lauderdale, FL Facility

Fort Lauderdale Hospital is a reputable treatment facility situated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Recognized for its quality services, the hospital holds accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Specializing in Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorder, and Mental Health treatment, Fort Lauderdale Hospital offers a comprehensive range of care options to individuals facing these challenges. With a focus on providing personalized treatment plans, the facility caters to patients suffering from Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, and Mental Health issues, ensuring that each individual receives the specific care they need for recovery.

Fort Lauderdale Hospital provides various services for addiction and substance abuse, catering to individuals seeking help for Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, and Mental Health concerns. Patients can access different levels of care, including Inpatient and Outpatient programs, to accommodate their specific needs and preferences. The facility's dedicated team of professionals work diligently to ensure that each patient receives the utmost care, support, and evidence-based treatments for their addiction and substance abuse issues. With a commitment to creating personalized treatment plans, Fort Lauderdale Hospital aims to assist individuals in achieving lasting recovery and improved overall well-being.

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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
  • Veterans
  • Accreditations

    JCAHO

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Some of the most common co-occurring disorders are schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder. Most rehab facilities in Fort Lauderdale, FL like Fort Lauderdale Hospital provide patients with a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis gives rehab the means to treat addiction while restoring mental and emotional health.

    Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Mental Health 

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    An inpatient is a person who stays in a hospital or rehab center during treatment. For alcohol- and drug-dependent individuals, inpatient rehabs provide individualized around-the-clock services. Inpatient treatment programs address a person’s unique physical, medical, and psychological needs. A team of experts assess the severity of the addiction and design a highly tailored program. typically, the length of stay in an inpatient facility in Fort Lauderdale, FL is 30 days. Those with severe addiction may need to stay at the facility for 60 to 90 days.

    Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Fort Lauderdale Hospital long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.

    After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by Fort Lauderdale Hospital in recovering from addiction.

    Fort Lauderdale Hospital‘s Therapies & Programs

    Addiction in Fort Lauderdale, Florida can occur due to a wide variety of reasons. Understanding your addiction and the best methods for maintaining sobriety involves learning about yourself. Fort Lauderdale Hospital treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success.

    Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Fort Lauderdale Hospital. This builds a personal and trusting relationship so you can truly be yourself and express any emotions as you feel them. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction and coping strategies to prevent relapse.

    Substance abuse does a number on an individual’s relationship with other people, particularly in marriage. Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. Therefore, it becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Most programs only zero in on the individual with substance addiction without factoring in the importance of the other half’s emotional support.

    However, some facilities, like Fort Lauderdale Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal, support each other, and the patient’s sobriety.
    Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy aims to heal and rebalance unhealthy roles and habits. Healing any family trauma and dysfunctional communications is important, and Fort Lauderdale Hospital understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring Florida families closer together and live sober, healthy, lives.

    Group Therapy is a type of counseling that occurs between a bunch of strangers. These groups are suitable for patients who are not confined in a treatment facility, but group sessions are also common in inpatient rehab programs. Group therapy is led by a trained individual at Fort Lauderdale Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, FL and consists of members from different stages of recovery.

    The goal of group therapy sessions is to foster hope and a sense of belonging, share information, and learn coping mechanisms. It also helps to have people who can relate to what you’re going through. Good behaviors can also be contagious, and participants can learn from one another.

    Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Fort Lauderdale Hospital asks people to investigate how their thoughts, including habitual, negative, and inaccurate ways of thinking affect behaviors. CBT is based on the idea that rigid, inflexible ways of thinking cause people to have a limited ability to cope with stress

    Nutrition therapy, which is also known as Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) involves providing healthy diet and improving the eating habits of the patient. Expert dieticians provide individualized meal plan, that addresses the specific nutritional deficiencies and the nutritional impact associated with the medicines that are given as a part of the treatment. It helps to overcome the food cravings that are seen in certain addictions and also addresses the co-occurring conditions such as eating disorders.

    Nutrition therapy is very important to support the different therapies provided as a part of comprehensive care. Nutrition therapy also teaches the associated life skills such as cooking healthy food and grocery shopping.

    Nicotine replacement is a way to move towards stopping smoking or using any form of nicotine. This can be nicotine gum or nicotine patches. The process of working with trained staff at Fort Lauderdale Hospital in setting a goal quit date, using nicotine replacement and gradually decreasing nicotine intake is proven to help.

    Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Dual-Diagnosis, Eating Disorder Treatment, Experiential Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Inpatient Treatment, Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), Nutrition Therapy, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Trauma Therapy

    Patient Experience

    Experiential Therapy at Fort Lauderdale Hospital

    Experiential therapy at Fort Lauderdale Hospital includes helping people work through emotional disorders by participating in events in real-time. It moves away from conventional talk therapy to discuss their concerns and emotions by making patients play roles or use props. It allows people to handle trauma and feelings healthily, reducing the need to resort to alcohol and substances in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

    Payment Options Accepted

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

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Fort Lauderdale Hospital Location and Directions
    Address Information1516 East Las Olas Boulevard
    Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Phone Number(954) 463-4321 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Fort Lauderdale, Florida Addiction Information

    Florida is one of the nation's epicenters for substance abuse and drug-related overdoses. In 2014, around 410,000 Florida residents were addicted to drugs and alcohol. Over the last 10 years, 12% of all deaths in the state were attributed to substance abuse. Treatment admissions for alcohol reached 24,329 patients in 2016, and 2.5% of Florida high school students admitted to using crack cocaine.

    In 2017, there were 200 deaths due to drug overdoses in Broward County, including Fort Lauderdale. This was a significant increase from the 155 deaths that occurred in 2016. Approximately 21% of people aged 12 or older with an AUD also had a SUD. Drug addiction is a severe problem that can lead to crime, violence, and other social issues.

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    Recovery Unplugged
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    The Bougainvilla House Family Therapy Center
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    Keystone Halls
    1420 SW 3rd Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315
    House of Hope & Stepping Stones
    908 NW 1st St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311
    Broward County Addiction Center
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    Broward Addiction Recovery Center - Fort Lauderdale
    1000 SW 2nd St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311
    Destination Hope - Tequesta St
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