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Drug Addiction Facts

  • In 2008, prescription pain killers such as OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone claimed nearly 5,000 lives.
  • When an user stops taking codeine after long-term use withdrawal symptoms including cravings, sweating, difficulty sleeping, nausea, diarrhea, muscle spasms and irritability often occur.
  • An estimated 92% of U.S. adults who drink alcohol excessively report binge drinking in the past 30 days.

Addiction-treatment-center.jpgOnce you have decided to make a change and get help for your addiction problem, the next step is to explaore your treatment facility options. Keep in mind that there is no one-size fits all facility. The most effective way to find an appropriate treatment program that meets your particular needs is to speak with an addiction treatment professional who can assess your specific situation and give you various treatment facility options based on your exact needs. We can help you with this. Simply call our Drug Treatment Help-Line at 1-877-683-7818 and you will be connected to an addiction treatment specialist who can help you find the correct treatment program for you.

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Outpatient

Outpatient solutions are on the lower end of the spectrum of treatment services regarding intensity of care, for the reason that individual is able to maintain their lifestyle in lots of ways with no commitment of needing to stay in a rehab program while undergoing treatment services. Even if this might seem perfect it may not provide the much needed change of atmosphere than a lot of people in rehabilitation require to have a productive rehab.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Persons with co-occurring mental and drug use disorders are what are identified in the field of drug rehab as dual diagnosis clients. These individuals must address both disorders whilst in rehab to find resolution due to the fact one typically exacerbates the other. Luckily, there are several alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers who can specifically address the challenges that persons with co-occurring mental and drug abuse issues face so that they can not just become abstinent but mentally secure and also able to lead a much better quality lifestyle and not consider it wise to self medicate with drugs and alcohol.

Gays and Lesbians

It is vital that gays and lesbians acquire excellent rehabilitation services in a rehab setting that is discreet and has rehab specialists available to them who understand the distinctive problems that they experience in life. Because drug abuse for gays and lesbians is sometimes triggered because of the challenges they face because of their sexual preference, a program that can help them resolve these problems and give them the confidence they may have lacked before arriving in rehab can be a crucial aspect of rehab for gay and lesbian clients.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired are often predisposed to alcoholism and drug abuse as a result of problems their impairment impose on them. While discovery of this problem can be hard among the hearing impaired, you can find ASL along with other assistance services designed for them when drug abuse rehab is needed. Besides ASL, such services can sometimes include assistive listening tools and captioned video materials to ensure that deaf and hearing impaired people are obtaining the help they require in drug rehabilitation.

Spanish

Not all drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers have the staff or wherewithal to cater to the demands of Spanish speaking clients, but thankfully there are more and more programs that are able to do so because the need for Spanish services is higher than ever before. Counselling, study data and stuff like that are now very often obtainable in Spanish in both long and short terms facilities which provide inpatient or residential rehab and outpatient Spanish rehabilitation is also available around the country.

Native American Or Alaska Native Languages

Native Americans and Alaska Natives in many cases have trouble with alcoholism and other substance abuse problems at much higher rates than other ethnicities and races. The problem is treating Native Americans and Alaska Natives within a program which provides treatment in their languages, in order to be understood and have counselors available they can communicate freely with. While these kinds of treatment centers are few and far between, you can find centers available which provide rehabilitation solutions in the language of Native Americans and Alaska Natives is going to provide far better results for these clients.

Other Languages

In every single city in America there is someone fighting drug abuse that isn't necessarily fluent in English, who may require rehab in whatever language it is that they are fluent in so that their needs can be met properly during treatment. Fortunately, there are lots of drug and alcohol treatment facilities which have counselors within their facility who speak other languages to make drug treatment the very best experience possible for anyone. Simply find a quality alcohol and drug rehabilitation center and find out if it is possible to receive treatment in other languages.

Self Payment

Self Payment is necessary when a person's insurance isn't going to pay for the total cost of rehabilitation or will only cover part of it. In these instances, it may seem like a drawback but people really have a great deal of leverage due to the fact they can select whichever facility they would like without the limitations from health insurance companies that so many individuals face. In addition, rehabilitation centers will usually offer payment assistance for individuals whose only option is self payment to help them get into rehab.

Medicaid

Some rehab centers accept Medicaid when the individual is not able to self pay or present some other kind of private medical health insurance. Medicaid might cover outpatient and short-term rehabilitation inside a limited amount of programs, and in this instance individuals might want to explore the self pay alternative and come up with up any resources they are able to to pay for a more quality rehabilitation program that will produce better results, such as a long-term residential drug rehabilitation program.

State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid)

State financed insurance other than Medicaid can be used to cover the costs of drug and alcohol rehab if other forms of insurance or self payment are not a possibility. If a person does not have any private insurance and doesn't yet know whether they could be eligible for state insurance, they can talk with their Social Services office within their area to ascertain if they are and then apply. The majority of state financed insurance covers both outpatient and inpatient treatment, but typically only within the state which provides the insurance.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which plan you are covered by, all private health insurance plans typically cover some sort of drug and alcohol rehabilitation service ranging from outpatient rehabilitation to inpatient or residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities. Individuals may have to take part in an alcohol and drug treatment facility that is inside their network of providers and there could be other limitations like the amount of time their stay in rehabilitation is covered. Individuals can choose a good facility they like and meet with a treatment specialist to find out if their insurance will take care of it.

Sliding Fee Scale

A sliding fee scale is a payment assistance option provided by a variety of drug treatment facilities in an effort to help individuals afford treatment where this may not have been possible initially. By way of example, one client's price for treatment might be different and less than another person whose finances are better making them better able to pay for the full cost of rehabilitation. Registrars take into account variables besides income including amount of dependents to determine the ultimate cost and using the sliding scale.

  • Kent Youth Family Services
    Kent Youth Family Services is located at:

    232 2nd Avenue South
    Kent, WA. 98032

    If you would like to contact Kent Youth Family Services, you can reach them at 253-859-0300.

    Kent Youth Family Services offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Gays And Lesbians, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired, Spanish, Native American Or Alaska Native Languages, Other Languages
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid), Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income And Other Factors)