South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic
Drug Rehab Center in San Antonio, Texas
About This Texas Facility
South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic is a Drug Addiction Treatment Facility located in San Antonio, TX, that offers treatment fully covered by private insurance.
When weighing your options, accreditations are clearly encouraged. Other organizations to certify or list this facility: JCAHO.
Treatment here is covered by most insurances, read more payment method details below. Our admissions experts are waiting for your call, they will verify your insurance and help you narrow down the best treatment available. They also offer self-pay.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic in Texas knows it is vital to diagnose dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder.
Levels of Care Offered at South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic
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 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.
Inpatient treatment involves staying in the hospital or facility while treating all facets of addiction or co-occurring illness. This helps to minimize distractions and increase the emphasis on rehabilitation. Typical stays for inpatient rehabilitation in San Antonio, TX are about a month long.
Facilities like South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic 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.
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.
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 San Antonio, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.
Therapies & Programs
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 South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic‘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.
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.
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.
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 South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic in San Antonio, TX move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.
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 South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic in San Antonio, TX 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.
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. South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic will help you get back on track.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low-dose nicotine drugs to eliminate tobacco addiction from smokers. Without smoking, the treatment at South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic in San Antonio, TX brings nicotine into the bloodstream to minimize dependence on the physical habit, while detoxing the body from the attachment. To alleviate withdrawal symptoms, it also helps abusers to adapt to lower doses over time.
Patient Experience
Experiential Therapy at South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic
This is a type of therapy that involves activity to recreate situations that may have caused trauma or negative emotions. Experiential therapy at South Texas VA Health Care System - Shavano Park OP Clinic in San Antonio, TX can involve acting, props, arts and crafts, animal care or other tools that may be effective.
This therapy is done on an individual basis and can help revisit and heal from past traumas. Trust between the therapist and individual is important for success. Experiential therapy can help you more closely become you and move through life in a positive and authentic manner.
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San Antonio, Texas 78249 Phone Number(210) 949-3773 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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4350 Lockhill-selma Rd
San Antonio, TX 78249
(210) 949-3773
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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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