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Harbor UCLA Medical Center

Harbor UCLA Medical Center

Drug Rehab Center in Torrance, California

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

Harbor UCLA Medical Center provides world-renowned mental health care services with a comprehensive approach that includes individual and group therapy, DBT, NRT, and evidence-based treatments, and offers specialized inpatient and outpatient programming tailored to each client's needs.

About This California Facility

Harbor UCLA Medical Center is a world-renowned provider of mental health care services in Torrance, California. They offer a wide range of care for those suffering from dual diagnosis, mental health issues, and addictions. Their comprehensive approach to treatment combines individual and group therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), and other evidence-based treatments. Harbor UCLA also offers specialized inpatient treatment, as well as outpatient programming to meet the unique needs of each client.

Harbor UCLA Medical Center is committed to providing the highest quality care and holistic treatment methods. Their experienced and compassionate staff is dedicated to helping individuals and families find the best paths to recovery. In addition to providing individualized services, the staff at Harbor UCLA Medical Center also accept private health insurance. Patients have access to a variety of resources and personalized care plans in a safe and welcoming environment, with the goal of helping each individual achieve a healthier, more balanced life.

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  • Ages
  • Children
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  • Seniors (65+)
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  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    When someone in California struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.

    Levels of Care Offered at Harbor UCLA Medical Center

    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 Torrance, CA 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 Harbor UCLA Medical Center 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 Harbor UCLA Medical Center in recovering from addiction.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. 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 Harbor UCLA Medical Center helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.

    Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Harbor UCLA Medical Center 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 Harbor UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.

    Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. Harbor UCLA Medical Center 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 Harbor UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

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    Additional Details

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    Harbor UCLA Medical Center Location and Directions
    Address Information1000 W Carson St
    Torrance, California 90502 Phone Number(310) 222-2345 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Torrance, 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.

    Torrance, CA has a serious drug addiction and abuse problem. The most commonly abused drugs in Torrance include heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and prescription drugs. 36% of all adults in Torrance are obese, which means they are at high risk for alcohol addiction. Families are torn apart by addiction, and children are often left to fend for themselves.

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