West Cecil Health Center
Drug Rehab Center in Conowingo, Maryland
- Mental Health
- Dual Diagnosis
West Cecil Health Center offers state-licensed and certified care for those struggling with addiction and substance abuse, providing personalized treatment plans, evidence-based therapies, and trauma-informed care.
About This Conowingo, MD Facility
West Cecil Health Center in Conowingo, Maryland, is a state-licensed and certified health care facility that offers care and support for individuals struggling with addiction and substance abuse. The health center provides a variety of treatments and programs for individuals on their path to recovery, including mental health screenings, individual and group counseling, and prevention and education services. The team at West Cecil Health Center is highly trained and compassionate, delivering evidence-based practices tailored to individual needs.
West Cecil Health Center provides personalized treatment plans for those suffering from addiction, including medications to address withdrawal symptoms, along with detoxification from drugs or alcohol. The health center also offers evidence-based therapies, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and other psychotherapies, as a part of long-term recovery plans. West Cecil Health Center also offers trauma-informed care, self-help meetings, and relapse prevention strategies.
West Cecil Health Center is proudly accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). The health center holds a Certificate of Participation with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and is recognized as a provider of services to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Additionally, the health center was awarded the Mental Health Hero Award from the Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration in 2020. West Cecil Health Center ensures that each individual receives the best and most effective care available for addiction and substance abuse.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
A dual diagnosis is when someone deals with both alcohol and mental or emotional disorder. Emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression can be part of dual diagnosis therapy. It must happen simultaneously to get care for these conditions to handle any of them effectively.
Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Mental Health
Levels of Care Offered
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An outpatient treatment program is set up to help with alcohol or drug addiction, or a co-occurring disorder. The patient must attend the Maryland facility for their therapy and other programs but are able to return home each night. The frequency of mandatory attendance decreases after much of West Cecil Health Center‘s program is complete.
West Cecil Health Center‘s Therapies & Programs
Treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success. Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your West Cecil Health Center counselor. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction.
Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. It becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Some facilities like West Cecil Health Center in Conowingo, MD 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.
When family members are more proactive and involved in the treatment procedure, it encourages the patient to advance his or her progress. Moreover, it shouldn’t be ignored that genetics play a role when it comes to addiction, so it’s better to approach the problem as a unit. Also, with proper education, family members can help an individual avoid addiction triggers and guide him or her in making lifestyle changes necessary for his or her sobriety.
It has been said that unhealed trauma is the root of most addictions. Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. Healing past traumas and introducing coping strategies are strong foundations for sustained recovery from addiction. This may involve individual or group counseling or both, in a Conowingo, MD facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders, and if not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders.
CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern by cognitive restructuring. In simple terms, it helps to remove negative thoughts and provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness, self-control, and healthy ways to respond to negative thoughts. It can be administered as a mono-therapy as well as a part of combination therapy.
Addiction commonly results in varying levels of malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This can be reflected in weight loss, hair loss or hair changes, skin irregularities and damage to multiple internal body functions. While in active addiction meals can be skipped or replaced by drugs or alcohol. Eating correctly to replace lost vitamins and minerals while balancing your diet can build confidence while restoring your health from the inside out.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) helps smokers get nicotine into their system without resorting to smoking. It’s a way to help people quit smoking without going cold turkey and experience aggressive withdrawal symptoms. The products (in the form of gums, sprays, patches, inhales, or lozenges) used in NRT provide the body with nicotine, excluding the toxic substances found in tobacco.
NRT treatment at West Cecil Health Center in Conowingo, Maryland lowers down nicotine cravings, so the patient does not go through physical weakness while dealing with the emotional and mental stress of quitting smoking. Coupling NRT with counseling and other means of support gives long-term smokers a better chance of removing their unhealthy habit.Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Dual-Diagnosis, Experiential Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), Nutrition Therapy, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Trauma Therapy
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Experiential Therapy at West Cecil Health Center
Experential therapy is a unique type of therapy that deals with the subconscious mind. This treatment offered by West Cecil Health Center in Conowingo, MD encourages individuals to work out their issues with their inner self. Some of the most common examples of experiential therapy are equine therapy, music therapy, adventure therapy, and role playing.
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Conowingo, Maryland 21918 Phone Number(410) 378-9696 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Conowingo, 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.
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