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Are all the residential treatments the same?

Residential treatment programs are very different if they subscribe to different modalities of treatment, but those that use similar models of treatment will be almost identical to each other.

1. Most 30/day programs are based on the 12-step philosophy and are, therefore more alike than they are different.  These types of program usually require the patients to finish the first three steps of the 12-step program and then to go to a minimum of 90 AA or NA meetings within the first 90 days of discharge.
2. Biophysical programs are also very similar to other biophysical programs, but very different from 12-step based programs.
3. Medical model programs are similar to 12-step programs in that they have some of the “12-step-work” within most of these types of programs, but they differ in that they use medications (or other drugs) as part of their therapy.
4. Therapeutic Communities of TC’s are very different than any of the other programs mentioned above, mostly because they tend to be 12 months to 24 months in length and their therapy is also quite unique.

Last Updated on Monday, 14 December 2009 19:46