Sweetser - Adult CSU
Drug Rehab Center in Brunswick, Maine
Sweetser - Adult CSU in Brunswick, Maine is an addiction treatment facility that offers evidence-based care and comprehensive treatment services, including dual diagnosis and mental health support, to individuals suffering from addiction, utilizing personalized support, psychological assessments, therapy, medication management, and recovery support services.
About Sweetser - Adult CSU in Maine
Sweetser - Adult CSU in Brunswick, Maine is an Addiction Treatment Facility that provides comprehensive care to people suffering from dual diagnosis and mental health issues. The facility offers a variety of evidence-based addiction and behavioral health services including inpatient levels of care, medication management, individual and group therapy, and holistic modalities. Sweetser provides evidence-based treatment practices like Trauma Informed Care, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The facility also offers relapse prevention and aftercare planning to ensure long-term success. Sweetser - Adult CSU accepts private health insurance for treatment services. The facility is affiliated with the Sweetser Behavioral Health non-profit organization and holds accreditation from the Joint Commission, a renowned health care accreditation organization.
At Sweetser - Adult CSU, they understand that addiction is a complex and severely debilitating disease. To address this, they offer a wide range of personalized support and treatment services. The team of experts provides comprehensive treatment to address the underlying causes of addiction and develop the skills needed to cope with potential triggers and manage emotions. Sweetser also uses evidence-based clinical strategies like psychological assessments, individual therapy, family therapy, medication management, and recovery support services. Furthermore, Sweetser - Adult CSU is committed to providing appropriate care to clients, integrating the latest technology and treatments in their treatment model. The facility is licensed by the State of Maine, and is dedicated to providing quality addiction treatment and preserving the privacy and dignity of all its clients.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
Individuals who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol often have one or more co-occurring mental health disorders. Addressing both the addiction and the mental health problems at facilities like Sweetser - Adult CSU can be very beneficial for these individuals.
Common mental health conditions that often co-occur with addiction include:
- Anxiety Disorders – People with drug and alcohol problems often suffer from anxiety disorders such as panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.
- Depression – One of the most common mental illnesses co-occurring with addiction is major depressive disorder.
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – Many people with drug and alcohol problems also suffer from ADHD.
- Bipolar Disorder – People with bipolar disorder are more likely to suffer from drug and alcohol problems than the general population, and vice versa.
Levels of Care Offered
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Inpatient recovery offers individual therapy, groups, and family therapy. The length of inpatient addiction treatment depends on the addict and their addiction. Inpatient rehab is a costly drug treatment, costing anywhere from $30k- to $60k. However, insurance often offers help in covering these costs.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy is ideal for addicts who want to focus on themselves. It can also be helpful for those whose withdrawal symptoms are exacerbated by the presence of other people.
Benefits of individual therapy are:
- Access to a personalized treatment plan that focuses on the individual needs of the addict
- More privacy during treatment sessions
- Better personal development through introspection
- Increased self-awareness regarding addictive tendencies in order to avoid relapse
- Greater potential for a long-term recovery plan
- Receiving professional advice and detox assistance from medical staff
Couples therapy is a treatment method used to help couples in which at least one member of the couple has a drug addiction. Couples therapy can be used whether the addicted partner is using drugs or in recovery. An additional benefit of couples therapy is that it can help make other types of treatment, such as 12-step programs, more effective.
Family therapy can help you and your family deal with old issues that may trigger substance abuse. The idea behind family therapy for drug addiction is that you are never fully healed from substance abuse until you’ve healed your relationship with your family, too. To get sober, you need to find a different way to cope with the pain in your life.
This is when a group of people in various stages of recovery meet up and discuss their experiences, triggers, successes, failures, and even alternative therapies! Unlike support groups where everyone already knows each other, group therapy is conducted along side outpatient or inpatient treatment at Sweetser - Adult CSU.
Trauma therapy is a clinical process that helps individuals deal with mental stress often caused by traumatic events. The therapist helps the person identify, understand and work through the problem. This is done with the help of talking about it in group or one-on-one counseling sessions.
Therapists use relaxation, role-playing, art, and music to help the person open up about what is bothering them. Some examples include:
- Talking about the traumatic event and how it affected them.
- Helping those who have PTSD to deal with their nightmares and recurring memories.
- Working with individuals to resolve the issues triggering the stress, whether seeing someone who reminds them of what happened or feeling helpless.
The individual is also encouraged to help others that are struggling with similar problems. This often helps them feel empowered and gives them hope.
Trauma therapy is not for everyone; it is usually reserved for people who have recently experienced a traumatic event and struggle to get over it. It is generally done for children, teenage victims of sexual assault, and war veterans.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is used by drug treatment centers across the United States to help drug addicts become sober. DBT is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that combines traditional behavioral treatments with elements from DBT, including dialectics, distress tolerance, and interlocking issues. Some of the negative behaviors associated with addiction, such as impulsivity and mood swings, are addressed in DBT, while others like craving and isolation are not. It is commonly used to treat Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) along with substance abuse disorders.
The four DBT modules are mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance:
- Mindfulness helps recovering addicts learn to identify and experience their emotions while realizing that they are not permanent.
- Interpersonal Effectiveness includes assertiveness, asking for what you need, and saying no while improving communication skills.
- Distress Tolerance has recovering addicts learn how to tolerate distress at the moment and avoid resorting to substance abuse.
- Emotion Regulation is used to identify, express and change emotions.
CBT is a psychotherapy approach and method. [ws-nap-name] people to examine how their thoughts, including habitual harmful and inaccurate thinking, affect their actions. CBT is based on the idea that rigid, inflexible thinking leads to poor stress management, which leads to emotional distress.
Similarly, CBT helps people identify and change negative behaviors. It makes you question your perceptions and ask if they are realistic. CBT asks people to examine their behaviors and emotional responses and how they affect their lives. CBT aims to change people’s thinking and behavior to lead a more balanced and healthy life.
Moreover, CBT has been shown to reduce anxiety disorders, depression, and symptoms associated with harmful thoughts or actions.
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174 Mere Point Road
Brunswick, ME 4011
(800) 434-3000
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Brunswick, Maine Addiction Information
Prescription opioid abuse is the most common form of substance abuse in Maine. More than 10% of these residents have also admitted to using prescription drugs for non-medical purposes. Between 2013 and 2014, 4 out of every 5 deaths in Maine were caused by illicit drugs. One in five high school students in Maine uses marijuana every single month.
There are about 600 reported incidents of drug-related problems every year in Brunswick, Maine. 15% of people in Brunswick have a substance abuse problem at some point in their lifetime. The most abused drug in Brunswick is Oxycontin followed by hydrocodone and Valium. There are various drug treatment programs in Brunswick, Maine, treatment includes outpatient treatment and Inpatient treatment along with therapies and counseling.
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