Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health
Drug Rehab Center in San Angelo, Texas
Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health is a SAMHSA and state-accredited addiction treatment facility in San Angelo, TX offering customizable treatment plans and aftercare support.
About This San Angelo, TX Facility
Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health is a mental health treatment facility located in San Angelo, Texas. The facility is accredited by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and holds a state license, ensuring their commitment to providing quality care. They focus on treating individuals suffering from mental health issues and offer various levels of care, including inpatient and residential treatment. Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health also provides aftercare support to help patients maintain their recovery and transition back into their daily lives. They accept private health insurance, making their services accessible to a wider range of individuals seeking treatment.
Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health offers a range of services to address addiction and substance abuse. Their comprehensive approach includes personalized treatment plans tailored to each individual's unique needs. Through their inpatient and residential levels of care, patients receive intensive therapy and counseling to address the underlying causes of addiction. The facility also provides aftercare support, ensuring ongoing assistance for patients as they navigate life after treatment. With their SAMHSA accreditation and state license, Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health offers a reputable and trusted option for individuals seeking recovery from substance abuse.
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This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Inpatient, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Inpatient rehab is intended to treat severe addictions and co-occurring disorders. The length of stay in Texas 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 Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health.
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.
After treatment, addiction treatment can be frightening for newly sober people. Aftercare support provided by Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health is designed to give resources and help on a continued basis. It can involve finding housing in and around Texas, setting up 12-step meeting groups, continued medical monitoring, and counseling.
Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health‘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 Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health in a controlled group environment, as opposed to a one-on-one setting. It supports San Angelo, TX 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.
Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma therapy refers to treatment wherein specialist therapists help the patients to resolve the trauma that led the patients to substance abuse. The trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. Thinking of these traumatic events causes emotional disturbances like anxiety, depression and results in addiction. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed. Otherwise, there is a risk of relapse. Trauma therapy also improves the cognitive functions and provides long term benefits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). DBT is a treatment of choice for people suffering from self-harming behaviors characterized by cutting and suicidal thoughts or inclinations.
This treatment is developed to help individuals recognize their thought patterns, behaviors, and feelings. It has demonstrated its effectiveness for people that are finding it difficult to control their emotions and urges. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT as it imparts individuals stress-management techniques and enhanced self-esteem so they can sustain their sobriety by reducing the impact of triggers and out-of-control emotions.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a way of addressing concerns through talking. It can be used in individual counseling sessions. Talking through issues with professionals at Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health can identify sources of discomfort or unhealthy thoughts. It is a way of learning about yourself and your individual perceptions. CBT is a healthy way of addressing some behaviors which may be bringing unintended consequences in your life.
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a treatment that helps people to quit smoking. NRT reduces the withdrawal symptoms by giving nicotine in low doses. It is safe for most adults, teens and pregnant women should not undergo NRT. Research shows that the use of NRT doubles the chances of quitting smoking.
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Experiential Therapy at Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health
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.
Fitness Therapy
Fitness therapy is a combination of psychotherapy and physical exercise. It’s a part of holistic drug rehabilitation programs offered by Shannon Medical Center - Behavioral Health that seek to treat the mind and body. It’s particularly useful in addiction rehabilitation, as substance addiction harms the body as well as the mind. Even mild exercise can benefit the recovering person
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2018 Pulliam St
San Angelo, TX 76905
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San Angelo, Texas Addiction Information
Texas is one of the primary hubs for drug smuggling into the country. The border between Texas and Mexico is more than 1,000 miles long. More than 10 million residents use alcohol every year and more than 25% of those are minors. Alcohol and drug use has become so common in Texas that almost 15% of all deaths can be attributed to these substances.
The drug addiction problem in San Angelo, Texas, is relatively moderate compared to other cities in the state. There were 981 drug-related arrests in San Angelo in 2016. This accounted for more than 14% of the city's total arrests. Additionally, 9 deaths were related to drug overdoses in San Angelo in 2016. San Angelo is a great place to get sober. There are many addiction treatment centers in the area.
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