W. G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center - Charlotte Health Care Center
Drug Rehab Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Opioid Addiction
- Dual Diagnosis
- Drug Addiction
- Alcoholism
About This North Carolina Facility
W. G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center - Charlotte Health Care Center’s Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center location in Charlotte, NC, offers multiple levels of care, individualized treatment options, and accepts most health insurance.
When selecting a facility, accreditations matter. W. G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center - Charlotte Health Care Center is additionally listed or certified by CARF, JCAHO.
W. G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center - Charlotte Health Care Center’s location in Charlotte accepts most private health insurance. Our admissions professionals are here to guide you through insurance verification and finding the best center available under your coverage. Clients may also self-pay.
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Accreditations
JCAHO
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
Opioid addiction treatment helps people addicted to opioids in North Carolina curb their drug use. The selection of a treatment setting depends on the severity of the addiction. Mild cases are usually treated in outpatient facilities; severe cases need hospitalization or treatment in a residential facility. Doctors use medicines along with counseling and behavioral therapies to treat the addiction. The treatment includes medication, counseling and therapy. It can also include group counseling, individual counseling and family counseling.
Levels of Care Offered at W. G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center - Charlotte Health Care Center
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.
Outpatient treatment plans cover diagnosis, detoxification, management, and counseling. They are a popular option for those who have graduated from inpatient facilities. Services in North Carolina include medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and individual and group therapy.
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.
After treatment, addiction treatment can be frightening for newly sober people. Aftercare support provided by W. G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center - Charlotte Health Care Center is designed to give resources and help on a continued basis. It can involve finding housing in and around North Carolina, setting up 12-step meeting groups, continued medical monitoring, and counseling.
Therapies & Programs
Couples therapy aims to rebuild the trust between the partners. Partner’s involvement in the process will result in greater chances of treatment success. Couples therapy addresses financial issues, loss of trust, lack of intimacy, and physical abuse.
Family therapy is a set of therapeutic approaches that assumes that the entire family is a system. It utilizes the strengths and resources of the family to help the patient refrain from resorting to substance abuse. The impact of substance abuse is not just on the patient but on the entire family. Family therapy ensures that the patient gets adequate support from the family members after the treatment making the recovery process sustainable
- Family therapy guides all the members of the family to help the patient.
- It helps to repair relationships and improve communication between family members.
- It helps to keep the patient engaged and motivated throughout the treatment.
Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Finding a peer group in Charlotte, NC and others who relate to your situation is a fundamental tool for recovery at W. G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center - Charlotte Health Care Center. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. The accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. This is generally introduced early in recovery and is recommended as a lifetime treatment habit.
Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. This may involve W. G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center - Charlotte Health Care Center managing individual or group counseling or both. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders. If not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders. CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern. It can be administered as a monotherapy as well as a part of combination therapy.
Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) is a variation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that helps people understand how maladaptive, negative, and habitual thoughts and feelings lead to bad life choices. REBT is based on the idea that people operate under many irrational but habitual patterns of thought that fuel harmful practices.
Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that help an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally, and withdraw from social interaction due to addiction’s physical and emotional disturbances.
Life skills therapy helps people in North Carolina improve various personal, professional, and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision-making, time management, regulation of emotions, and effectively resolving interpersonal conflicts.
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Charlotte, North Carolina 28208 Phone Number(704) 329-1300 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Charlotte, North Carolina Addiction Information
North Carolina ranks 29th in the nation for overall substance abuse. Many of the drugs abused in the state are illicit, and many of these are opioids. Prescription opioids are readily available due to the high rates of medical workers prescribing them. The number of prescriptions has increased tenfold since the 1980's. Opioid overdoses are the most common type of death in North Carolina.
4.3% of Charlotte residents aged 12 and older reported using illicit drugs. There are over 60,000 people addicted to drugs in Charlotte, North Carolina. This harms the community and contributes to crime and other social problems. Medication-assisted treatment is often used in conjunction with other forms of treatment, such as therapy, and can be very successful in helping someone overcome addiction.
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