VA - Greater LA Health System
Drug Rehab Center in North Hills, California
- Substance Abuse
- Opioid Addiction
- Drug Addiction
About This California Facility
VA - Greater LA Health System, a VA Funded Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse and Drug Rehab Center in North Hills, CA. Primarily providing Aftercare Support, Detox, Drug Rehab, Outpatient treatments (and a variety of additional methods) to people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. Our admissions professionals are here to guide you through insurance verification and finding the best center available under your coverage.
North Hills is a hard-hit city with residents dealing with substance and alcohol abuse. Thankfully, you have several recovery options to help you get back on your feet.
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Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. If you are taking more of your prescription, or earlier than the prescribed time interval between doses than is directed you may be abusing that medication. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally in or near North Hills, CA, you may be suffering from substance abuse.
Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use and lead rapidly to substance abuse. The professionals at VA - Greater LA Health System are here to help.
Opioids are a set of drugs prescribed for pain relief. Health care providers prescribe opioids for relief of severe pain after major surgeries and in conditions like cancer. Oxycodone, fentanyl, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine are some of the commonly prescribed opioids. They also include illegal drugs of abuse like heroin. Opioid addiction refers to the compulsive seeking of opioids, even when they are not required medically.
Opioid addiction treatment involves medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which medicines, counseling, and behavioral therapies are all employed. Opioid addiction treatment is a comprehensive approach at VA - Greater LA Health System in North Hills, CA that boosts the treatment success rate and provides sustained recovery.
Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse
Levels of Care Offered at VA - Greater LA Health System
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Detox, Drug Rehab, Outpatient, 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.
Facilities like VA - Greater LA Health System 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.
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 North Hills, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by VA - Greater LA Health System. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.
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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 VA - Greater LA Health System in North Hills, CA move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.
12-Step Facilitation, Aftercare, Anger Management, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Detox, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Discharge Planning, Drug Rehab, Employment Counseling / Training, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis, Hepatitis Education / Counseling / Support, HIV or AIDS education, Intervention, Matrix Model, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Substance Use Counseling, Trauma Therapy
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North Hills, California 91343 Phone Number(818) 895-9480 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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North Hills, California Addiction Information
More than 3 million of California's citizens are addicted to illegal drugs. Almost 800,000 people use hard drugs, almost 5 million use marijuana, and another 2.1 million abuse alcohol every year. Other substance abuse issues such as binge drinking and teen drug use are also common. Many illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana are smuggled into the state from Mexico.
The average person in North Hills spends about $2,700 a year on drugs. There are more than 12,000 people who struggle with drug abuse or addiction. There were over 1,000 drug-related arrests in the city in 2014. People are dying from overdoses, and the police are struggling to keep up with all of the crimes caused by the problem. Addiction treatment is available, but it can be expensive.
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