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Midwest Institute for Addiction

Midwest Institute for Addiction

Drug Rehab Center in Saint Louis, Missouri

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

The Midwest Institute for Addiction (MIA) provides comprehensive substance abuse treatment services in St. Louis, MO, including evidence-based therapies, outpatient programs, individual and group counseling, medication-assisted treatment, detoxification, mental health services, dual diagnosis services, relapse prevention, and aftercare planning.

About This Missouri Facility

The Midwest Institute for Addiction (MIA) offers comprehensive substance abuse treatment services in the St. Louis, MO area. They provide evidence-based therapies and offer a wide variety of outpatient services, with daytime and evening programs designed to meet their clients' individual needs. MIA has a team of experienced, dedicated professionals who specialize in providing compassionate, personalized care to individuals struggling with substance abuse and addiction.

MIA offers individual and group counseling sessions, medication-assisted treatment, detoxification, and mental health services to help address the physical, psychological, and social problems associated with addiction. They also offer dual diagnosis services for those who have both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder. In addition, they have relapse prevention services and individualized aftercare planning to help clients maintain their recovery.

MIA is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. They are also the recipients of multiple awards for exemplary performance in healthcare and have received recognition for their commitment to providing high-quality addiction treatment. They are licensed by the Missouri Department of Emergency Services and are part of an expanding network of addiction treatment centers in the St. Louis area.

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

    CARF

    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

    Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment

    Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. If you are taking more of your prescription, or earlier than the prescribed time interval between doses than is directed you may be abusing that medication. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally in or near Saint Louis, MO, you may be suffering from substance abuse.

    Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use and lead rapidly to substance abuse. The professionals at Midwest Institute for Addiction are here to help.

    Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment at Midwest Institute for Addiction

    Opioids are a set of drugs prescribed for pain relief. Health care providers prescribe opioids for relief of severe pain after major surgeries and in conditions like cancer. Oxycodone, fentanyl, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine are some of the commonly prescribed opioids. They also include illegal drugs of abuse like heroin. Opioid addiction refers to the compulsive seeking of opioids, even when they are not required medically.

    Opioid addiction treatment involves medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which medicines, counseling, and behavioral therapies are all employed. Opioid addiction treatment is a comprehensive approach at Midwest Institute for Addiction in Saint Louis, MO that boosts the treatment success rate and provides sustained recovery.

    Dual-Diagnosis

    Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. Midwest Institute for Addiction in Missouri knows it is vital to diagnose dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder.

    Addiction, ADHD, Alcohol Abuse, Anger Management, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Chronic Relapse, Codependency, Coping Skills, Depression, Divorce, Drug Addiction, Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Grief, Internet Use Addiction / Disorder, Life Skills / Life Coaching, Medication Management, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Opioid Addiction, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Spirituality, Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse Assessments Testing Evaluation, Trauma and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) 

    Levels of Care Offered at Midwest Institute for Addiction

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

    Drug Detox

    Detoxification is a process that allows the patient to stop using opioids without experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms. This can be necessary for those who have been addicted for a long period of time or who are struggling with chronic pain.

    During this process, addicts will receive medication and psychological support from doctors and other medical professionals until they can control their cravings.

    Saint Louis, MO Intensive Outpatient (IOP)

    Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) comprise regular visits to the Missouri facility that provides the therapy. IOP is suitable for patients who have been treated in residential treatment programs. Midwest Institute for Addiction‘s patients gradually get back to their routine life.

    Outpatient Program

    Outpatient programs are the standard for addiction treatment. About 9 in 10 U.S. adolescents entering addiction treatment enroll in these programs, so you’re not alone in Missouri. Treatment is delivered in different settings – offices, clinics, and primary care clinics.

    Facilities like Midwest Institute for Addiction offer a variety of services, such as individual and group counseling and family therapy. During the sessions, you work with a team of experts that include: General physicians, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Psychologists. The main goals of outpatient recovery programs are to help addicted individuals reduce drug use and addictive behaviors, eventually becoming entirely sober.

    Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

    Partial hospitalization (PHP) is a type of outpatient addiction care. Each plan is tailored to meet unique individual needs. Treatment is more intense than that you receive at a therapist’s office. It is less intense than inpatient rehab. The entire treatment takes about ten days to complete. It does not require you to stay at the Missouri treatment center. Each visit lasts several hours, sometimes, eight hours. It can be the best choice for those who have recently developed an addiction.

    An intervention is a meeting held by families and friends of the addicted party, managed by Midwest Institute for Addiction. It lets the person know that their loved ones are concerned about them. It is intended to make the addicted party agree to get help.

    Interventions are often hosted by a mental health professional in Missouri who knows how to communicate with people dealing with addiction. These intervention services can make all the difference when it comes to getting loved ones to agree to treatment.

    Treatment is just a first step in sustaining sobriety. After rehabilitation, counseling for aftercare helps the person adapt to a life without drugs. A sober living facility in Saint Louis, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by Midwest Institute for Addiction. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual Therapy

    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 Midwest Institute for Addiction‘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.

    Couples Therapy

    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.

    Family Counseling + Therapy

    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 Midwest Institute for Addiction in Saint Louis, Missouri 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 Midwest Institute for Addiction in Saint Louis, MO move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.

    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 Midwest Institute for Addiction that lets someone recovering work through issues on their own, knowing they have the support of people around them if they need it.

    Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, shortened to EMDR, helps patients reprocess past events and memories. This treatment offered at Midwest Institute for Addiction in Saint Louis, MO can reduce their levels of anxiety and make past traumas easier to overcome, plus it can boost healing. This helps calm many patients down, allowing them to feel more in control and less helpless when it comes to combatting their addiction.

    Entering a 12-step program allows people to accept that they struggle with an addiction on their own terms. It breaks down the process into 12-steps that recovering patients can advance as they feel strong enough to do so. This is common in programs like NA and AA, and gives the patient at Midwest Institute for Addiction in Saint Louis, Missouri the ability to self-help and move forward towards sobriety without feeling rushed.

    Contingency management is a way to help motivate someone to remain substance free. It is a process Midwest Institute for Addiction uses which involves rewarding positive choices and good outcomes. As humans we are wired to recreate experiences that lead to positive feelings.

    Addiction commonly results in malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This can be reflected in weight loss, hair loss or hair changes, skin irregularities. Eating correctly to replace lost vitamins and minerals while balancing your diet can build confidence. Midwest Institute for Addiction will help you get back on track.

    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 Midwest Institute for Addiction in Saint Louis, MO 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.

    12-Step Facilitation, Aftercare, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Contingency management/motivational incentives, Couples Therapy, Detox, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Discharge Planning, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Intervention, Life Skills, Marriage / Marital Counseling, Matrix Model, Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), Mindfulness-Based (MBCT), Motivational Interviewing, Nutrition Therapy, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Partial-Hospitalization (PHP), Psychoanalytic, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Solution Focused Brief (SFBT), Substance Use Counseling, Trauma Therapy

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    Midwest Institute for Addiction Location and Directions
    Address Information711 Old Ballas Rd
    Saint Louis, Missouri 63141 Phone Number(314) 569-2253 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Saint Louis, Missouri Addiction Information

    Opioid-related overdoses in Missouri have been increasing steadily for the past three decades. In 2018, more than 1,130 people in Missouri died from opioid abuse. Methamphetamines and marijuana abuse have surpassed opioid abuse in Missouri. Missouri is the number 1 methamphetamine manufacturer in the country with more than 27 meth labs per 100,000 people.

    Saint Louis, Missouri, has a severe drug addiction and abuse problem. In fact, according to recent statistics, Saint Louis ranks in the top 10% of cities in the United States with the highest rates of drug abuse. Some of the most commonly abused drugs in Saint Louis include cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin. Some types of treatment available in Saint Louis, MO, include detox, inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, and 12-step programs.

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