Drug Rehab Chuathbaluk, Alaska

Drug and Alcohol Treatment options in Chuathbaluk can range between inpatient, outpatient, short-term rehab and many other types of treatment. Speaking to a drug addiction specialist who understands the differences in treatment can be a helpful resource in picking the proper rehabilitation facility.

Drug and Alcohol Assessments and Evaluations - Chuathbaluk, AK.

Picking the correct degree of care will most likely depend on your particular situation, including but not limited to your current employment status, support system, mental health history, and home environment.

This is where drug and alcohol abuse evaluations and assessments can be extremely helpful and in many cases required to establish the correct type of treatment that the individual should receive in order to have the greatest possibility for successful recovery and the most beneficial type of care.

Thorough alcohol and drug abuse evaluations and assessments consider and examine a multitude of factors about the person's current status and substance use history. These factors may include the following:

a) Demographic information

This includes:

• Age
• Sex
• Ethnicity
• Culture
• Sexual orientation
• Level of education
• Living situation, who you live with and the quality of your relationship with them
• Financial stability
• Transportation
• Dependents
• Involvement with criminal justice

b) Physical Assessment

• Physical vitals and assessments
• Current mental status
• Former and current mental health issues, diagnoses, and symptoms as well as if there is a history of suicidal behaviors or thoughts, violence, and psychosis.
• Past treatments for your mental health conditions and substance abuse
• Your history of physical health, including psychiatric and medical issues, active prescribed medications, cognitive or physical disabilities, allergies, and more
• Toxicology to determine the levels of the substances that are currently in your body
• Former and current substance abuse occurrences, including the substances you use, how long you abstained from them, the methods you use, how often you abused your substance of choice, as well as the purity and dose of the substance

After acquiring this information, the professionals should be better able to evaluate the current situation according to the unique circumstances of the patient. In the process, they will also direct you toward certain inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation plans that will best fit your particular condition.