Addiction treatment is available in different degrees of intensiveness, tapering from in-hospital emergency medical care down to weekly outpatient treatment. Spanning that range are: medically supervised detox, partial hospitalization programs,…
Addiction treatment is available in different degrees of intensiveness, tapering from in-hospital emergency medical care down to weekly outpatient treatment. Spanning that range are: medically supervised detox, partial hospitalization programs,…
An outpatient program is a structured, supportive treatment setting that offers help for people who are recovering from substance addiction, mental illness, or both.
Outpatient programs and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) represent a medium level of care. Because addiction and mental illness vary in severity, treatment is offered with greater and lesser degrees of structure, depending on how much direct care (time with a healing professional) is necessary for an ill individual to get better.