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Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that 40 to 60% of those treated for substance abuse relapse within a year after they’re discharged. And while rehab facilities have mushroomed experts question the efficacy of rehab centers due to the increased rates of relapse among those seeking treatment.
Here are some reasons why going to rehab may not guarantee successful recovery.
1. Treating Mental Illness and Addiction Separately
Part of the problem lies with treatment. Rehab facilities need to understand that mental illness and addiction are directly related. While many facilities focus on physical treatment, the cause – mental illness – is left untreated. One can not expect a treatment focused only on symptoms to work.
One reason for this is classifying substance as a behavioral issue instead of a mental health issue. This is because the on going treatment practices are far from the literature that has been produced over the years based on research and interviewing actual rehab patients. Once this gap is addressed, the relapse rates can be controlled considerably.
2. Choosing the Wrong Rehab Facility
You might hesitate to admit it but there’s a good possibility you might have chosen the wrong rehab facility. To ensure a long lasting recovery, it is important that you check the success rate of the rehab facility first. Experienced and well educated professionals are important when it comes to guaranteeing success when battling addiction.
Most program employees have only a high school degree and fail to understand the dynamics of the situation addicts experience. Experts at Rehab Report: a directory of ratings for rehab centers have discovered that rehab facilities adopting punitive approaches only bring about further damage to the patient’s mental and physical health.
So do some research. Interview former patients if you can before choosing a rehab facility.
3. Social Circle
Once a patient leaves the rehab facility friends and family invariably become the support system. Returning to the same friends and environs as before undergoing treatment plays a key role in the reversion rates among recovering addicts.
It is of utmost importance that recovering substance abusers have encouraging and understanding people around them to prevent reversion to previous practices.
4. Lack of Willpower & Motivation
Perhaps the factor which makes the most difference is the inherent motivation and willingness to bring oneself out of addiction. Regardless of the success rate of a chosen rehab facility, or how helpful your support system is substance abuse recurs unless you convince yourself to become sober again and choose an altogether different lifestyle for yourself.
Changing one’s approach towards substance abuse is key to achieving positive results. Since this has a lot to do with your psychological state, developing self control is your greatest friend and ally.
5. Understanding Specific Needs
Adopting a One Size Fits All approach is the biggest hurdle to overcome when achieving positive results in rehab facilities. It is also a violation of the National Institute on Drug Abuse regulations that clearly state no single treatment is appropriate for every substance abuse patient. Uncovering and treating specific needs through therapeutic sessions is essential to eradicate the root cause of the problem i.e. mental health issues.
Shift Frequency © 2017 – Why Rehab May Not Lead To Successful Recovery
I’ve read Shift Frequency for a long time and I dont think this article is worthy of this website. I was an addictions therapist for almost 20 yrs, have a Master’s degree and am in recovery myself. This article is like something written in the 1970’s and bears no relation to what happens in rehab now.
The author clearly demonstrates that they have ZERO UNDERSTANDING OF ADDICTION. And this is blatantly false:
“Most program employees have only a high school degree and fail to understand the dynamics of the situation addicts experience.”
THIS IS A LIE! Vast majority of counselors who work in rehab are in recovery themselves and most have been trained in addiction counseling and rehab and have a degree for it. Many of them are also dual diagnosis, meaning we work with both mental illness and addiction, although actually addiction is a considered a diagnosable mental illness, so this is another thing the article gets wrong.
This article is so poorly written, in fact, that I notice the author didn’t even bother to post their name on it.
All this article does is help to keep people from seeking rehab. Thanks, Shift Frequency, you just kept alot of folks from seeking rehab. The author has NO IDEA what rehab is like and probably never did any research on this article. They certainly arent talking about county or non-profit rehabs either. For profit rehabs usually require Master’s degree.
Thanks for your comment. I actually agree with you. However, this is a sponsored post, one that helps to defray the monthly costs of running the site. I do not control the content of sponsored posts. -g