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Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center

Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center

Drug Rehab Center in Paramus, New Jersey

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

The Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center in Paramus, NJ is an accredited addiction treatment facility offering various services including detoxification, inpatient and outpatient levels of care, dual-diagnosis programs, and aftercare support, and is affiliated with Catholic Charities and accepts private health insurance.

About This New Jersey Facility

Straight & Narrow – Monsignor Wall Social Service Center, located in Paramus, NJ, is a beacon of hope for individuals battling substance abuse. Specializing in outpatient Medication Assisted Treatment and detoxification, this facility stands out for its compassionate care to adults, including those pregnant, HIV positive, or entangled with the criminal justice system. Utilizing evidence-based approaches, Straight & Narrow is dedicated to fostering recovery and well-being in its community.

  • Evidence-Based Treatment: Combines FDA-approved medications with counseling and behavioral therapies for a comprehensive recovery approach.
  • Support for Diverse Needs: Offers specialized services for pregnant women, HIV positive individuals, and those involved in the criminal justice system.
  • Community-Focused Programs: Provides flexible outpatient care, enabling individuals to live in their communities while receiving support.

Holding accreditations from SAMHSA, CARF, and JCAHO, Straight & Narrow adheres to high standards of care. With a suite of services including detoxification, counseling, and therapeutic methods tailored to individual needs, the facility champions a healthier, safer community through prevention, treatment, and sustained recovery.

Addressing a spectrum of substance abuse issues, especially opioid addiction, Straight & Narrow employs a range of treatment methods and levels of care. From Medication Assisted Treatment to group therapy and educational sessions, the center is committed to guiding individuals towards achieving and maintaining sobriety.

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

    State License

    SAMHSA

    JCAHO

    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

    The inappropriate use of any drug in Paramus, NJ is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.

    Opioid Addiction Treatment supports people recovering from addiction to prescription drugs as well as illegal opioids. This is a hospital-based or residential treatment. Depending upon one’s age, detox without the appropriate medication may be unpleasant or even dangerous–some get body aches, fever, chills, while others may even have seizures.

    Opioid treatment involves medically assisted detox, physical and mental support. Most rehabilitations use an array of treatments to ensure overall wellbeing, such as Medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which one gets behavioral therapy, medicines, and counseling. A client-centered approach can reduce one’s chances of relapse. Therapists at work with the client to figure out environmental and behavioral triggers, giving them the power to change the patterns.

    When someone in New Jersey 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 Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center

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

    Detoxification is a reduction in the effects of drugs and alcohol. It can be beneficial for people who have a history of withdrawal, who are at risk for dangerous health concerns, or who are unable to function well in their day-to-day lives due to addiction.

    Detoxification is beneficial for:
    • People who are unable to overcome addiction without the help of professional care.
    • People who are at risk for dangerous health conditions due to withdrawal.
    • People who are at risk for overdose or serious health concerns after a relapse.

    If you believe that addiction treatment is right for you or a loved one, you can contact your primary care physician, or search for addiction treatment centers in your area. Treatment is beneficial to people who are motivated towards recovery, and who understand the benefits of professional care.

    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 Paramus, NJ 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 Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service 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 Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center in recovering from addiction.

    Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center in New Jersey after they attain initial sobriety.

    Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service 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 Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service 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 Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service 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 Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center in Paramus, New Jersey, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.

    Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.

    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 Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center in Paramus, New Jersey the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

    Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that helps an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally and withdraw from social interaction due to the physical and emotional disturbances caused by addiction.

    Life skills therapy helps them to improve various personal, professional and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision making, time management, regulation of emotions and resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively.

    The right diet can improve a person’s general outlook, sleep habits and thought processing skills. MNT also lowers the occurrence of chronic diseases such as adult-onset diabetes. Dieticians like those at Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center in Paramus, NJ believe that nutrition therapy is the key to making significant lifestyle changes.  

    Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low dose nicotine products to ween smokers away from cigarettes. The products get nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking reducing addiction to the physical habit. It also allows addicts to adjust to lower doses to reduce withdrawal symptoms.

    Patient Experience

    Creative Arts

    It is believed that enhancing creativity and developing skills related to it can help people with addiction recover faster. Activities such as painting, writing, acting, and dancing are considered therapeutic and hosted and managed by Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center in Paramus, New Jersey. They become outlets for patients to blow off steam, channel their emotions, and express their thoughts.

    Experiential Therapy at Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center

    Experiential therapy involves recreating or creating new experiences for the patient. Many people struggled with past issues such as memories or trauma. By creating a new experience, it allows people to work through the issues associated with those moments in a new experience. This can give them a new measure of control and can help them role play a new scenario. That can help push addiction into their past and help them begin the healing process.

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
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    Straight & Narrow - Monsignor Wall Social Service Center Location and Directions
    Address Information230 Ridgewood Ave
    Paramus, New Jersey 07652 Phone Number(201) 967-9020 Meta DetailsUpdated April 15, 2024
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    Paramus, New Jersey Addiction Information

    The state of New Jersey is afflicted by the rising opioid overdose crisis and the increase in the number of residents engaging in illegal substance abuse. 90% of the 2,900 drug overdose deaths in New Jersey involved opioids in 2018. Over 1.1 million New Jersey residents reportedly use drugs in a given year. High prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse caused 14% of all deaths in the state between 2008 and 2017.

    Drug overdose is now among the top 10 causes of death in Paramus, New Jersey. 29% of patients for substance abuse treatment test positive for at least one drug. In 2012 there were 3248 arrests for illicit use of drugs in Paramus. Commonly abused drugs include alcohol, heroin, marijuana, and prescription opioids. Before registering for a program, make sure to get reviews from people who have been through the program.

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