addiction treatment
Beating a dependency
Addiction treatment encompasses medical, psychological, and social interventions designed to help someone overcome dependence on substances or compulsive behaviors.
Treatment ranges from detox programs and inpatient rehabilitation to outpatient counseling and support groups.
She entered addiction treatment after her family staged an intervention.
The term often implies a structured program rather than informal efforts to quit.
- methadoneSynthetic addiction treatment opioid
- naltrexoneDependency treatment medication
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- buprenorphinePartial agonist for dependency
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
therapy · peer support groups · harm reduction · mutual aid societies · withdrawal · meditation practices · dual diagnosis · 12-step programs · inpatient rehab · triggers · twelve-step · sobriety · cravings · sponsor · nutritional counseling · rehab · outpatient · hitting bottom
- criminal rehabilitationreentry programs, reintegration, prison reform, recidivism reduction, restorative justice
- mental health policymental health courts, involuntary commitment, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, deinstitutionalization
- therapypsychotherapy, therapist, session, counselor, group therapy
- charitiesRed Cross, food bank, food banks, homeless shelter, homeless shelters
- health servicespatient care, pediatric care, home care, pediatrics, nursing care
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, welfare office, case workers
addiction treatmentenabling
Making something feasible
codependency · making excuses · drug dealing · predatory behavior
addiction treatmentdrug dealing
Selling illegal substances
substance abuse · drug abuse · alcohol abuse · relapse · drug trafficking
addiction treatmentneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · criminalization · stigmatization · denial · suffering in silence