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Residential Rehabilitation

Residential rehabilitation, also called residential rehab or inpatient rehab, describes a drug and/or alcohol or process addiction treatment program that is provided to patients in a residential setting. The patients receive treatment at the residential treatment facility and they reside there for the duration of their treatment program.

Length of Time for Residential Rehabilitation

There is short-term (30 days or less) and long-term (more than 30 days) residential rehabilitation. The length of time for a patient in residential rehabilitation depends on the type of addiction, duration and frequency of use, any co-occurring addictions or mental health disorders, and other factors.

Some residential rehabilitation is time-limited due to the patient’s insurance coverage. Or, the individual may have exhausted his or her coverage for substance abuse treatment but still requires treatment. In such cases, either the patient or his or her family has to pay out of pocket or transition to outpatient treatment or other form of support, including 12-step self-help groups (Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, to name two) or other community-based support.

What Happens During Residential Rehabilitation

In most cases, detoxification is required before any formal program of treatment can begin. Detoxification is the clearing out of all the harmful toxins from addictive substances such as alcohol or drugs (or both) from the body.

Following detox, patients in residential rehabilitation usually receive different forms of treatment, depending on their specific needs. Such treatment may include one-on-one counseling, group therapy, other forms of therapy (such as cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT), educational lectures and discussions, participation in 12-step self-help groups, and relapse prevention training.

It may be best to think of residential rehabilitation as occurring in stages, although the stages often overlap. The first stage is intensive therapeutic intervention and the immediate responses to living drug- and alcohol-free (or free of process addictions such as gambling, workaholism, compulsive sex, overeating, and the like).

The second stage of residential rehabilitation is more focused on the development of life skills, reintegration through education, training, or employment-focused needs, and learning the skills required to maintain a drug-free lifestyle while still participating in and receiving intensive support from the residential rehabilitation program.

Most residential rehabilitation is voluntary. Only rarely is a person forced into residential rehabilitation, although it may occur as the result of a court order.

--Suzannekane 16:43, 4 July 2011 (MDT)