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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Six times as many people died of methadone overdoses in 2009 than did in 1999.
  • A study of current and former long-term heavy users of marijuana who had smoked marijuana at least once in their lives but not more than 50 times found that fewer of the heavy users completed college and more had yearly household incomes of less than $30,000.
  • The medical examiner's office in Long Island, NY has been investigating several deaths initially assumed to be heroin overdoses but later found to have involved fentanyl.

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 low end of the spectrum of rehab services in terms of level of care, since the individual is able to preserve their lifestyle in lots of ways with no commitment of needing to stay in a rehabilitation program while undergoing rehabilitation services. Although this might appear perfect it may not provide the much needed change of surroundings than a lot of people in treatment need to experience a successful rehab.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Persons with co-occurring mental and drug abuse disorders are what are known in the field of alcohol and drug treatment as dual diagnosis clients. These clients must deal with both disorders during rehab in order to find resolution due to the fact one typically exacerbates the other. Luckily, there are lots of drug and alcohol rehab programs who can specifically hone in on the problems that persons with co-occurring mental and drug use disorders face to be able to not just become sober but mentally stable and also able to lead a much higher quality lifestyle and not want to self medicate with alcohol and drugs.

Persons With HIV/AIDS

Persons with HIV/AIDS who may need drug abuse treatment will often need services beyond what a standard alcohol and drug rehabilitation program can provide. Simply because extensive healthcare solutions will often be an important part of the physical process of recovery for addicts with HIV/AIDS, who most likely have experienced a progression and worsening of the disease due to their habit, it is crucial that these clients obtain the medical care required together with any rehab services for their drug use issue.

Gays and Lesbians

It is essential that gays and lesbians receive excellent rehabilitation solutions within a treatment setting that is discreet and has rehabilitation specialists at their disposal who comprehend the distinctive problems that they can have to deal with in life. Because substance abuse for gays and lesbians is oftentimes triggered by the problems they face because of their sexual preference, a rehab that can help them resolve these problems and give them the confidence that they've lacked before arriving in rehabilitation can be quite a crucial part of treatment for gay and lesbian clients.

Seniors/Older Adults

Seniors and older adults who have trouble with drug abuse may have distinctive challenges they have to overcome when in treatment, which treatment specialists within the rehab they elect to be a part of must be keen of to ensure a full recovery is possible. So for seniors and older adults, it is advisable to decide on a facility that is used to helping seniors and older adults deal with the distinctive life and drug use issues that these clients face which may include a wider spectrum of services including medical care and so on.

Criminal Justice Clients

Criminal justice clients find their way into treatment due to a court ruling to satisfy part of their sentencing for a drug offense. Criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment often receive reduced sentences, fines etc. when being cooperative with drug rehabilitation requirements enforced on them as part of sentencing especially naturally when successfully graduating a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired are often prone to alcoholism and drug and alcohol use due to problems their impairment impose on them. While detection of this issue is often hard among the hearing impaired, you can find ASL as well as other assistance services readily available for them when substance abuse treatment is necessary. Aside from ASL, such services can include assistive listening equipment and captioned video materials to ensure that deaf and hearing impaired folks are obtaining the help they require in drug and alcohol rehab.

Self Payment

Self Payment is required when a person's insurance won't cover the total cost of treatment or will only cover some of it. In these instances, it may appear like a drawback but people really have a much more leverage simply because they can choose whichever facility they would like without the limitations from health insurers that so many people face. Likewise, rehabilitation centers will frequently offer payment assistance for individuals whose only option is self payment to help them get into rehab.

Medicaid

Certain rehabilitation centers accept Medicaid if the individual is unable to self pay or present another form of private medical insurance. Medicaid may only pay for outpatient and short-term rehab within a limited amount of programs, and in such cases individuals may choose to investigate the self pay option and drum up any resources they can to cover a more quality rehabilitation facility that will produce better results, such as a long-term residential alcohol and drug rehab facility.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can seek treatment at drug rehab programs which deliver either inpatient or outpatient treatment when the program is in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the approval of their Medicare appointed doctor, who must help out with establishing the individual's rehabilitation plan. Inpatient services are covered through Medicare Medicare Part A, with up front costs being the same as any other type of hospital stay, and outpatient rehabilitation being covered through Medicare Part B.

State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid)

State financed insurance other than Medicaid may be used to cover the costs of drug and alcohol rehab if other kinds of insurance or self payment aren't a possibility. When someone doesn't have any private insurance and doesn't yet know whether they could qualify for state insurance, they can talk with their Social Services office in their area to ascertain if they are and then apply. Most state financed insurance will take care of both outpatient and inpatient treatment, but generally only within the state which offers the insurance coverage.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which program you are covered by, all private medical insurance plans typically cover some type of alcohol and drug treatment service including outpatient rehab to inpatient or residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers. Individuals could possibly have to participate in a drug rehabilitation facility which is inside their network of providers and there might be other limitations for example how long their stay in rehab is covered. Individuals can select a quality program they prefer and consult with a treatment specialist to find out if their insurance covers it.

Sliding Fee Scale

A sliding fee scale can be a payment assistance possibility offered by many different drug rehab centers in order to help individuals afford rehab where this might not have been possible originally. As an example, one client's fee for rehabilitation could be different and another individual whose finances are better which makes them better able to pay the full expense of rehabilitation. Registrars take into consideration other factors in addition to income including number of dependents to ascertain the final cost using the sliding scale.

  • West Bergen Center for
    West Bergen Center for is located at:

    1 Cherry Lane
    Ramsey, NJ. 7446

    If you would like to contact West Bergen Center for , you can reach them at 201-934-1160.

    West Bergen Center for offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons With Hiv/Aids, Gays And Lesbians, Seniors/Older Adults, Criminal Justice Clients, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid), Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income And Other Factors)