Friendship House
Drug Rehab Center in San Francisco, California
Friendship House is an 80-bed CARF-accredited addiction treatment facility located in San Francisco, California, offering evidence-based treatments and individualized care plans to individuals struggling with substance abuse issues and mental health challenges, aiming to provide them with the highest quality of professional support to help them on their journey towards successful recovery.
About This San Francisco, CA Facility
Friendship House, nestled in San Francisco, California, is a dedicated rehab facility focused on aiding Native American and Alaskan Native adults struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. With 80 beds available for long-term care, it uniquely integrates American-Indian cultural practices with evidence-based interventions. This combination provides a holistic approach to recovery, blending mental health assessments, counseling, and culturally relevant services.
Accredited by CARF, Friendship House upholds high standards in providing quality addiction and mental health services. Their program emphasizes individualized treatment plans, incorporating mental health assessments to evaluate each client's needs. With services like inpatient rehab and extensive aftercare, clients receive support through every step of their recovery journey.
- Integrates American-Indian cultural practices into recovery, offering unique treatments such as sweat lodges and talking circles.
- Provides a comprehensive long-term inpatient program, allowing clients to stay for up to six months, which is beneficial for sustained recovery.
- Focuses on rebuilding family networks and vocational training, helping clients to achieve self-empowerment and a successful reintegration into society.
Friendship House treats a range of issues from drug addiction and alcoholism to substance abuse and mental health challenges. Their approach includes a blend of mental health assessments, across-the-board counseling, and inpatient programs. The facility offers various levels of care tailored to the individual, ensuring a path to recovery that respects cultural heritage while employing proven treatment methods.
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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
Rehab centers exist in San Francisco, CA to help individuals bounce back from substance abuse, which is an umbrella term for drug and alcohol addiction. Drug addiction refers to the use of illegal drugs and improper use of prescription drugs. Centers like Friendship House provide individuals a chance to access individual and group therapy that can be monumental for recovery.
Substance abuse includes all problems that stem out from using various psychoactive substances. It is also a diagnostic term used by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) to define the mental and physical impairment or distress caused by misuse and overuse of certain substances in a period of 12 months.
Opioid addiction involves addiction to legal or illegal opioids. It may happen very quickly with any opioid use. Sometimes within a matter of days. Opioid addiction is a known as a high-risk factor for future heroin addiction.
Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable and lead the user to continue to use even if they want to quit. Stopping using an opioid requires careful medical observation. Sometimes the withdrawal can persist for many weeks, which can put the user at a high risk for relapse.
It is recommended to receive inpatient treatment and a medically supervised detox like those offered at Friendship House in San Francisco, CA, CA, to manage the withdrawal process while learning lasting tools to maintain recovery. In some circumstances medications can be used to manage opioid addiction.
Levels of Care Offered
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Inpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Inpatient rehab is intended to treat severe addictions and co-occurring disorders. The length of stay in California varies from four weeks to six months according to the individual needs. Inpatient rehab ensures that the patient stays in a substance-free environment at Friendship House.
Friendship House‘s Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. 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.
Family therapy is a set of therapeutic approaches that assumes that the entire family is a system. It utilizes the strengths and resources of the family to help the patient refrain from resorting to substance abuse. It helps to repair relationships and improve communication between family members.
Group therapy happens at Friendship House in a controlled group environment, as opposed to a one-on-one setting. It supports San Francisco, CA patients’ recovery by offering a sense of comfort and letting them know that they are not alone. Through shared conversations, patients also learn to develop faith and understanding and gain insight on their addictions.
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Experiential Therapy at Friendship House
Experiential therapy works on the principle that the perception of individuals determines their behavior. It is different from medication and talk therapy and suits those who have difficulty in expressing themselves and interact. Experiential therapy works by using tools and activities to recreate past experiences and encourages the release of suppressed thoughts that were responsible for the negative feelings and drug addiction.
Role-playing, arts and crafts, music, animal care, rock climbing, etc. are some of the activities used in this therapy. Gradually the individual will experience calmness and love and change their perception positively. Other than drug addiction, Experiential therapy is useful in various behavioral and eating disorders.
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56 Julian Ave
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 865-0964
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San Francisco, California Addiction Information
More than 3 million of California's citizens are addicted to illegal drugs. Almost 800,000 people use hard drugs, almost 5 million use marijuana, and another 2.1 million abuse alcohol every year. Other substance abuse issues such as binge drinking and teen drug use are also common. Many illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana are smuggled into the state from Mexico.
There were 1,93 overdose deaths in San Francisco in 2016. This is a significant increase from the 1,11 overdose deaths reported in 2015. 16% of San Francisco residents aged 12 and older reported using an illicit drug. Drug abuse and addiction cost San Francisco an estimated $5 billion yearly. San Francisco's drug treatment facilities are designed to meet each patient's unique needs, providing the support and resources necessary for a successful recovery.
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