Drug Rehab WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Drug Rehab
Drug rehabilitation (often drug rehab or just rehab) is an umbrella term for the processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines. The general intent is to enable the patient to cease substance abuse, in order to avoid the psychological, legal, financial, social, and physical consequences that can be caused, especially by extreme abuse.... read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Drug abuse physicians and nurses offer 24 hour care for patients to ensure safe withdrawal from drugs and alcohol.1
- There are several types of drug rehab treatments including out-patient, extended care centers, residential treatment, and sober houses.2
- Drug rehab is a twelve step program.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Drug Rehabs: Drug Rehab Programs: Is The Drug Rehab Treatment Program Medically Based?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia: Drug Rehabilitation: Types Of Treatment | Disease Model And Twelve-Step Programs
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- Contributor: Melinda Cheatwood
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Melinda Cheatwood
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Drug rehabilitation, Drug rahab, Types of drug rehab treatments, Drug rehab statistics
- Last update: Mar. 13, 2009
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