Drug Rehab Friendship

Rehab choices in Friendship, Wisconsin can vary from residential, outpatient treatment, short-term and various other options. Speaking with a drug counselor who understands the differences in recovery programs can be a helpful resource in picking the proper rehab.

Substance Abuse Assessments and Evaluations - Friendship, WI.

Picking the correct level of care will mostly depend on your individual situation, including but not limited to your home environment, medical and mental health history, home environment, support system, and current employment status.

This is where alcohol and drug abuse evaluations and assessments can be extremely helpful and in many cases required to establish the most suitable level of treatment that you or your addicted loved one should go through in order to receive the best possibility for successful recovery and the most effective level of care.

Thorough drug and alcohol abuse evaluations and assessments take into consideration and examine a number of factors relating to the individual's current status and substance use history. These factors can 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 in addition to any 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 level of the substances that are currently in your body
• Former and current substance abuse issues, 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 gathering 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 alcohol and drug treatment plans that will best fit your particular condition.