About This San Antonio, TX Facility
South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic is a Drug Addiction Treatment Facility located in San Antonio, TX, that offers treatment fully covered by private insurance.
When it comes to selecting a facility, certifications are important to consider. South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic is additionally listed or certified by JCAHO.
South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic’s location in San Antonio accepts most private health insurance. Please call RehabNow.org's admission experts to verify your insurance and find a center that accepts your coverage. Clients may also self-pay.
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This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Detox, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Outpatient, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detoxification is the mainstay of drug addiction treatment. Recovery from drug addiction requires regular medical monitoring, temporary medication use, and other techniques.
If you or someone you know has a substance abuse problem in San Antonio provide various methods for drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
When a patient checks into South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic, inpatient care takes place. Patients undergo treatment that requires detoxification and counseling round the clock. While outpatient treatments are available, as the first phase in recovery, inpatient care is suggested. Intensive and thorough rehabilitation sets patients on the road to a drug-free life.
In outpatient programs at South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic, the San Antonio resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level.
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.
Aftercare support refers to the follow-up care provided after the initial rehab program. The quality of aftercare support plays an important role in preventing relapses and sustains recovery. Aftercare support at South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic is personalized according to the needs of the patient in Texas.
South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic. 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 South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic in San Antonio, Texas, 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.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 South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic in San Antonio, TX 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. South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic 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 South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic in setting a goal quit date, using nicotine replacement and gradually decreasing nicotine intake is proven to help.
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Experiential Therapy at South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic
Experiential therapy at South Texas VA Health Care System - North Central Federal Clinic 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 San Antonio, TX.
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San Antonio, 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 impact of drug addiction and abuse on the community in San Antonio, Texas, is significant. There were over 1,400 drug overdose deaths in San Antonio in 2016. 9,000 admissions to drug and alcohol treatment programs in the San Antonio area in 2017. Some of the most common include inpatient, outpatient, and residential treatment. There are also several detox facilities available in San Antonio.
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