For individuals in need of treatment for substance abuse, inpatient drug rehab is an ideal treatment setting which can offer an essential intensity of care during recovery. Inpatient drug rehab is just that, a facility where individuals in treatment are considered patients because recovery takes place in a hospital or clinic-type facility. Treatment clients in inpatient drug rehab are provided with a safe and hospitable environment that is conducive to recovery, where they can receive treatment undistracted. In inpatient drug rehab clients are constantly nurtured by treatment professionals during the treatment process so that it is an effective and proactive process. There are either short-term or long-term inpatient drug rehabs, with short-term lasting a minimum of 30 days and long-term lasting as long as 6 months in some cases. The typical length of treatment that offers the most ideal results in an inpatient drug rehab is 90-120 days.
As opposed to outpatient drug rehab where individuals have access to drugs and alcohol and are even predisposed to relapse because of unresolved environmental factors or other issues, inpatient drug rehab eliminates these factors so that the treatment client has a real shot at recovery. Many outpatient drug rehab treatment clients find it difficult to sustain their gains because they often return home to the very things and people that are triggering their substance abuse. So any gains they make in treatment in outpatient drug rehab become null and void and they experience only setbacks and failures, which can be very discouraging and make a client believe that there situation is hopeless. Well it isn't, but attempting to maintain the exact same lifestyle and relationships without making crucial changes while in recovery is definitely not a recipe for success nor is it even logical.
Individuals in inpatient drug rehab have the very best care beginning with a safe and well-managed detox if this hasn't already been accomplished prior to their arrival to rehab. During detox, individuals will be monitored for any common complications which will be well foreseen by detox specialists based on their drug history. Medicines can be administered under certain circumstances to avoid any serious health risks which are sometimes associated with certain types of detox, such as with alcohol and some prescription drugs. Being in a tranquil and supportive environment while detoxing can often mean the difference between getting through this sometimes gruesome process or relapse, which is frequently the case for individuals not in the care of treatment professionals. And because detox can sometimes put individuals at risk of certain life threatening withdrawal symptoms, it simply isn't a good idea to detox on one's own without the watchful eye and prompt action of treatment professionals as needed.
Once someone makes it to drug rehab, you want to provide them with the best chance possible to turn their lives around. The structured environment and treatment curriculum offered in inpatient drug rehab is their best bet, and makes the drug rehab experience a productive and positive one. Following detox, treatment in inpatient drug rehab will encompass activities that will reveal what prompted the treatment client's substance abuse in the first place and other life issues and circumstances which must be resolved. These issues will of course be different for each and every treatment client, and how readily each client is ready to open up about such issues is also very different. This is why inpatient drug rehab treatment counselors work with each client at a personal level and develop a treatment plan which is appropriate for them based on their unique treatment needs.
For example, one client may have a co-occurring mental health disorder which is either untreated or undiagnosed. Once this comes to light in treatment, treatment counselors can help clients treat such disorders simultaneously and make sure both disorders are fully treated before the individual leaves inpatient drug rehab. This may take considerably longer than someone who doesn't have a co-occurring disorder, but will obviously need to be handled as a priority no matter how long it takes. Another client may need to make some simple lifestyle changes in order to ensure they don't set themselves up for failure when they leave inpatient drug rehab, such as quitting a job that could jeopardize their sobriety such as a bartending job for example. There could be a situation where the treatment client is in an abusive relationship, in which case new living arrangements will need to be made and legal actions taken in some cases if children are involved. Some individuals turn to drugs or alcohol because of something in their past that is effecting them today, such as physical or sexual abuse as a child. This too can be resolved in inpatient drug rehab, so that clients can move forward in their lives without the weight of this emotional pain and the need to turn to drugs or alcohol to numb it.