If a person is getting outpatient detox they travel to the center assisting them with their detoxification daily or at least 5 days per week in most cases. Outpatient detoxification is either delivered in the daytime or evening, which makes it ideal for a person who needs to maintain a regular work or school schedule. Some facilities may offer options to receive detoxification treatment in either regular outpatient or outpatient day treatment, to improve detoxification services and help prevent a relapse.
An average amount of time people remain in outpatient detoxification is approximately seven days. A number of programs use medically assisted detox methods while others offer medication free detoxification treatement. There are times when medications are necessary to avert life threatening withdrawal symptoms, like with alcohol and benzodiazepine medications where seizures are sometimes a problem. Alternatively, staff at the program help people manage their physical, emotional and psychological symptoms of cravings and withdrawal until they are detoxified and balanced.
While outpatient detoxification in Staten Island is more flexible for apparent reasons, a serious drawback is that clients are at a greater risk of falling back into addiction due to the access they maintain to alcohol and drugs. Ideally, clients will then go into a full rehabilitation facility to deal with the reasons for their addiction once outpatient or inpatient detoxification is finished.
There are 3 Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers offering this service in Staten Island, NY
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