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Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center

Drug Rehab Center in Bethel, Alaska

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

The Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center in Bethel, Alaska offers comprehensive addiction and mental health treatment services, including assessments, counseling, education, and relapse prevention, using evidence-based and culturally-grounded approaches.

About This Alaska Facility

The Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center is a well-established and comprehensive treatment center based in Bethel, Alaska. The center is owned and operated by the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality healthcare and mental health services to the people of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska. The Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center provides a range of services including assessments, individual and group counseling, family therapy, education, and relapse prevention. The center also provides mental health and substance abuse treatment services.

Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF International) since 2005 and is licensed by the State of Alaska to provide addiction treatment services. The center offers an array of evidence-based, holistic, and culturally-grounded treatments to address substance abuse and addiction issues, including Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Twelve-Step Facilitation. The center also offers mental health services such as case management, medication management, crisis intervention, and psycho-education. The center strives to provide personalized, quality care to individuals and families affected by addiction and substance use disorders.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    The inappropriate use of any drug in Bethel, AK is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.

    Opioid Addiction Treatment supports people recovering from addiction to prescription drugs as well as illegal opioids. This is a hospital-based or residential treatment. Depending upon one’s age, detox without the appropriate medication may be unpleasant or even dangerous–some get body aches, fever, chills, while others may even have seizures.

    Opioid treatment involves medically assisted detox, physical and mental support. Most rehabilitations use an array of treatments to ensure overall wellbeing, such as Medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which one gets behavioral therapy, medicines, and counseling. A client-centered approach can reduce one’s chances of relapse. Therapists at work with the client to figure out environmental and behavioral triggers, giving them the power to change the patterns.

    When someone in Alaska struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.

    Levels of Care Offered at Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center

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

    Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in Alaska is appropriate for patients in residential recovery facilities that have been diagnosed with addiction. Patients return to their everyday lives gradually, increasing the likeliness of success in treatment.

    Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.

    After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center in recovering from addiction.

    The halfway point between inpatient and outpatient care is Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center‘s Partial Hospitalization Program. It is for individuals in Alaska who struggle with addiction but do not need treatment round the clock. Patients may reside in a recovery facility anywhere from 18 to 30 hours per week, but they can sleep at home. The program length could be anywhere from one to six months.

    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.

    Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center in Alaska after they attain initial sobriety.

    Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.

    Therapies & Programs

    Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.

    Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.

    Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. Accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. With Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center in Bethel, Alaska, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.

    Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.

    Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center aims to help patients understand the relationship between their thoughts, feeling and behaviors and it gives them the tools to make a change. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from extreme mental health issues.

    Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between how someone feels, acts, and thinks. It shows someone how to accept responsibility for their behaviors and actions, while also strengthening a person’s awareness of the circumstances they put themselves into. It can give people attending Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center in Bethel, Alaska the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

    Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. REBT is a method of specific counseling offered by Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts.

    A 12-Step Program is a common method that is used to treat addiction. This format is used for both drug and alcohol treatment. It is extremely popular and successful for large numbers of people and the staff at Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center are trained to assist in 12-step management.

    Contingency Management (CM), also known as motivational incentives or prize method, is a behavioral therapy type. It is based on the principle that their consequences influence the behaviors of an individual. So, it promotes the desired behavior by giving rewards while discouraging the unwanted behaviors by withholding the rewards or even by giving punishments. One of the expected desired behavior is the absence of drug in a toxicology screen, and the rewards vary from prize or vouchers, to experiences. CM is used for individuals who need therapy for more than 3 months, and it has the advantage of being implemented by family members.

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    Additional Details

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    Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Phillips Ayagnirvik Treatment Center Location and Directions
    Address Information324 Radio Street
    Bethel, Alaska 99559 Phone Number(907) 543-6735 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Bethel, Alaska Addiction Information

    Alaska is enduring a multi-faceted drug and alcohol abuse problem. Heroin-related overdoses are 50% higher in Alaska than in the rest of the United States. Methamphetamine use is a major contributing factor to violent crime in Alaska. More than 60,000 Alaskans need some sort of treatment for substance abuse and/or addiction.

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