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VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne

VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne

Drug Rehab Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana

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

About This Fort Wayne, IN Facility

VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne, a VA Funded Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse and Drug Rehab Center in Fort Wayne, IN. Primarily providing treatments (under a variety of additional methods) to people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne offers treatment options that are fully covered by most private insurance plans.

If you're struggling with drug and alcohol addiction in Fort Wayne, IN, it may seem hopeless. Luckily many rehab options are available to help you get on the road to recovery.

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

    JCAHO

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Substance abuse is the excessive use of any type of drug. This includes alcohol, medications and illegal drugs. Substance abuse is treated with a combination of physical and mental treatments. VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.

    Opioid addiction is one of Indiana‘s most prominent forms of addiction. Drugs, including heroin, oxycontin, and fentanyl, are the most common. To relieve pain, or ease other ailments, they are professionally prescribed, but they are often abused because they and the feelings they give are addictive.

    Addiction is treated by detoxifying the body, so the medications’ chemicals are no longer impacting the individual. VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.

    A dual-diagnosis describes two medical issues that are happening at the same time. They may or may not be related. Over 50% of people with an addiction in Indiana have another mental health condition. Screening for both addiction and any untreated mental health issue is essential, and individually managed by VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne.

    Levels of Care Offered

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Detox, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, 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 Fort Wayne provide various methods for drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

    When a patient checks into VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne, 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.

    Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) are treatment programs suitable for people who wish to stay at home while undergoing treatment. IOPs like VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne make it possible for individuals to carry on with their responsibilities at work or school, in or near Fort Wayne, IN. It’s easy to find an IOP center that offers individualized treatment protocols.

    In outpatient programs at VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne, the Fort Wayne 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.

    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 VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne is personalized according to the needs of the patient in Indiana.

    VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne‘s Therapies & Programs

    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 VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana, 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.
    Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy aims to heal and rebalance unhealthy roles and habits. Healing any family trauma and dysfunctional communications is important, and VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring Indiana families closer together and live sober, healthy, lives.

    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 VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, IN 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.

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) DBT is a treatment of choice for people being treated at VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne whom are suffering from self-harming behaviors. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne 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

    Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a method of specific counseling that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts with positive and productive behaviors. Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. You may not be aware that some unhealthy behaviors and thoughts are sabotaging your potential accomplishments.

    The 12-step program is a part of substance abuse treatment offered at VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne. It was initially developed by the founders of Alcoholics anonymous. The program provides the benefit of cognitive restructuring. It refers to the process of change in the negative thoughts that leads to long-term benefits.

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  • State-Financed
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    Additional Details

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    VA Northern Indiana Healthcare - Fort Wayne Location and Directions
    Address Information2121 Lake Avenue
    Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805 Phone Number(260) 426-5431 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Fort Wayne, Indiana Addiction Information

    The state of Indiana ranks 14th in the nation for drug abuse, but 17th for drug overdoses. The state has many high-quality rehabilitation centers, but reports show that there are about 20 deaths per 100,000 people. This is due to its location making it a drug trafficking haven, where many drugs are further distributed into the country.

    Drug rehab facilities in Fort Wayne, IN, focus on helping individuals get sober. Drug addiction statistics show that more than 12 million individuals have abused illicit drugs within a month. In 2018, over 1000 Indiana residents lost their lives to opioid-related overdose. The type of treatment in Fort Wayne, IN, includes detox, residential rehab, outpatient abuse treatment, group counseling programs, partial hospitalization programs, and intensive outpatient programs.

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