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Each patient’s needs are different, and outpatient and inpatient programs can have some benefits for patients and family.
A family’s involvement with outpatient therapy programs, means that patients are not separated from their families, they go to classes close to home, and can continue treatment for an extended amount of time. In an inpatient program, patients travel to a facility where they undergo an intensive 28- days detox and recovery program. They are fully in the recovery process and cannot leave the substance abuse treatment facility, but their family involvement is important, and inpatient therapy programs often encourage interaction with visiting family and friends.
Patients’ needs will vary, but inpatient treatment has the benefit of removing the individual from the toxic environments that was fueling their addiction, and helping them through addiction therapy without distraction. This same benefit is shared with the patient’s friends and family, who receives education into their family member’s addiction, as well as gain perspective about their own unhealthy …show more content…
At times, they believe that they cannot address issues without angering the patient about their family member’s addiction. When the family members can take a break, they can receive substance dependency education and assess their own negative behaviors and environment while their loved one is undergoing addiction therapy, they may identify behaviors and traits that they can fix to break the cycle.
Positive family involvement heavily supports substance dependency therapy. The support that a family provides to a patient recovering from substance dependency can be vital to that patient’s success, and residential treatment centers will often have visitation throughout the week or on weekends, and will also provide educational programs for family members, such as supportive recovery workshops and sessions for family involvement.
Outside of the residential substance abuse treatment facility, patients’ family and friends are highly encouraged to attend Al Anon meetings which is a family support group. These programs are free and held around the nation, they also provide group support to substance dependent individuals’ family and friends. The meetings address things such