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Adolescents
Addiction treatment for adolescents is designed to help teenagers who have substance use disorders and any other co-occurring mental or behavioral health concerns so that they can get started on the road to recovery.
About Teen Addiction Treatment
Adolescents have difficulties that other populations do not struggle with. The stresses that they face in everyday life, including social media, bullying, peer pressure, family life, sports, and academics, often make it difficult for them to manage.
Some of these teens also struggle with substance abuse and co-occurring behavioral and mental health disorders. Over time, the situation quickly spins out of control. This is why they need addiction treatment that is focused on the needs and requirements of adolescents.
Through these programs, teenagers can get the help to overcome their substance abuse and addiction as well as continue with their studies. This will allow them to maintain their grades, improve their academic and sport performance, as well as stay on the road to recovery and succeed.
How It Works
Adolescents who are addicted to alcohol and drugs struggle with issues that are mostly a reserve for adults. Unfortunately, their emotional and psychological needs are different from those of adults. Addiction treatment programs that are focused on teens recognize and understand these needs. As such, they can help teenagers get the most effective recovery services.
In an inpatient treatment center for teens, the clients will be separated by age and gender. Outpatient treatment programs, on the other hand, will allow the clients to continue meeting their obligations and responsibilities at school even as they get help with their addiction.
Teen Addiction Treatment Services
Treatment programs that are designed to help adolescents overcome substance abuse often address the issues of addiction while guiding their clients on the road to recovery. They are also taught how to deal with the pressures and triggers that they face on a daily basis to ensure that they do not relapse after treatment.
In the course of recovery, adolescents will often be provided with the following treatment and rehabilitation services:
1. Behavioral Treatments
If the teen is struggling with both substances abuse and an underlying mental or behavioral health disorder - such as anxiety and depression - they will be provided with behavioral therapy. These treatments include:
- Adolescent community reinforcement approach
- Brief strategic family therapy
- Communication skills
- Contingency management
- Coping with triggers, emotions, and stressful situations that could cause cravings
- Dealing with peer pressure
- Family-based therapies
- Group therapy
- Individual therapy
- Management of co-occurring disorders
- Managing family conflict and communication
- Motivational enhancement therapy
- Multidimensional family therapy
- Overcoming problems with school attendance
- Problem-solving skills
- 2. Recovery Support
Towards the end of treatment, the rehabilitation center will also provide the adolescents with recovery support. This could come in the form of support groups and other resources that are designed to ensure that the teens maintain their sobriety even after they check out of the treatment program or center. These services also include:
- Assertive continuing care
- Peer recovery support services
- Recovery high schools
The important thing is to ensure that the adolescents get the help that they need to overcome their substance abuse and addiction, manage any co-occurring mental and behavioral health disorders, as well as maintain their long term recovery.
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