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Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment

Drug Rehab Center in Grand Island, Nebraska

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Drug Addiction

About This Grand Island, NE Facility

Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment is a VA Funded Gambling Addiction, Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility in Grand Island, NE. Professionally treating a plethora of drug and addiction related issues by utilizing multiple levels of personalized care. Treatment here is covered by most insurances, more payment details below.

Comprehensive substance abuse and addiction treatment programs in Grand Island, NE help you or a loved one return to a healthy, productive life.

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
  • 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. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.

    Opioid addiction is one of Nebraska‘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. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    In outpatient programs at Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment, the Grand Island 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.

    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.

    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 Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment is personalized according to the needs of the patient in Nebraska.

    Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment‘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 Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment in Grand Island, Nebraska, 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 Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring Nebraska 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 Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment in Grand Island, NE 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 Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment 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. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment 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 Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment. 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.

    Some people refer to contingency management, or CM, as motivational incentives. This type of therapy is a reconditioning of the mind and responses of the body. The point of CM is to help the body understand the proper responses to behaviors should be, as well as the effects that come with both problematic and desired behaviors. The more positive choices a person makes, the more incentives they will receive, all managed with sobriety goals by Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment in Grand Island, NE.

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    Additional Details

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    Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Location and Directions
    Address Information2201 North Broadwell Street Unit (116B)
    Grand Island, Nebraska 68803 Phone Number308-382-3660 x92296 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Grand Island, Nebraska Addiction Information

    Despite a total population of slightly less than 2 million residents, methamphetamines are one of the most commonly abused illicit substances in the state. Alcohol abuse is so common that a news article once referred to Nebraska as "America's 9th drunkest state". Although opioid abuse rates in Nebraska are not as high as those in other states, opioids are still involved in most overdoses.

    Grand Island has seen its fair share of opioid abuse and heroin addiction problems. Over 70 people die every year due to overdosing on drugs on Grand Island. In addition, the average age of first-time alcohol use among children is 13.3 years old. Some of the most common types of drugs used in Grand Island, NE are marijuana, prescription medications, and heroin.

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