Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake
Drug Rehab Center in Lanham, Maryland
- Mental Health
- Dual Diagnosis
- Drug Addiction
Volunteers of America Chesapeake is an accredited addiction treatment facility with a long history, providing dual diagnosis treatment and multiple levels of care that accept private health insurance plans, to ensure quality care for individuals struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues.
About This Lanham, MD Facility
Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake is an addiction treatment facility located in Lanham, MD. With a rich history dating back to its founding in 1896, this facility has been dedicated to providing comprehensive care for individuals suffering from dual diagnosis, drug addiction, and mental health issues. What sets Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake apart is their accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), which ensures that the highest standards of treatment and care are met. Offering outpatient levels of care, this facility provides a range of services aimed at helping individuals overcome addiction and improve their mental well-being.
Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake offers a variety of services to address addiction and substance abuse. Through their outpatient levels of care, individuals have access to comprehensive treatment programs tailored to their specific needs. These services encompass counseling and therapy sessions, which may include individual, group, and family therapy, as well as psychiatric assessments for dual diagnosis cases. Additionally, Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake also offers support in the form of educational programs, relapse prevention strategies, life skills training, and access to support groups. Through these services, the facility aims to provide individuals with the tools and support necessary to successfully navigate their recovery journey and achieve long-term sobriety.
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Accreditations
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
Chronic Pain, Drug Addiction, Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Emotional Disturbance, Mental Health
Levels of Care Offered
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
In outpatient programs at Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake, the Lanham 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.
Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake. This builds a personal and trusting relationship so you can truly be yourself and express any emotions as you feel them. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction and coping strategies to prevent relapse.
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 Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake in Lanham, MD 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.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake 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
Nutrition therapy, which is also known as Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) involves providing healthy diet and improving the eating habits of the patient. Expert dieticians provide individualized meal plan, that addresses the specific nutritional deficiencies and the nutritional impact associated with the medicines that are given as a part of the treatment. It helps to overcome the food cravings that are seen in certain addictions and also addresses the co-occurring conditions such as eating disorders.
Nutrition therapy is very important to support the different therapies provided as a part of comprehensive care. Nutrition therapy also teaches the associated life skills such as cooking healthy food and grocery shopping.
Nicotine replacement is a way to move towards stopping smoking or using any form of nicotine. This can be nicotine gum or nicotine patches. The process of working with trained staff at Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake in setting a goal quit date, using nicotine replacement and gradually decreasing nicotine intake is proven to help.
Case Management, Children / Adolescent Counseling, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Experiential Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Nutrition Therapy, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days)
Patient Experience
Experiential Therapy at Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake
Experiential therapy at Volunteers of Amer Chesapeake includes helping people work through emotional disorders by participating in events in real-time. It moves away from conventional talk therapy to discuss their concerns and emotions by making patients play roles or use props. It allows people to handle trauma and feelings healthily, reducing the need to resort to alcohol and substances in Lanham, MD.
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Lanham, Maryland 20706 Phone Number(301) 306-0904 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Lanham, Maryland Addiction Information
For the past decade, Maryland's rate of drug use and abuse has significantly increased. The overdose rate is currently higher than the national average. This epidemic is due to the many industries where manual labor is required. As soon as prescription opioids were more readily accessible a large part of manual workers started using–and eventually abusing–the painkillers.
More than 6% of Lanham's population struggles with addiction to drugs or alcohol. Opioid-based prescription drug abuse is the most common cause of drug overdose deaths. In 2016, around 9% of teens in Lanham reported using an illicit drug within a month before taking a survey. Marijuana was the most commonly used illicit drug by teens. The FDA has moved to limit the supply of opiate-based prescriptions to curb addiction.
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