Detoxification and a holistic approach to drug use and addiction
Drug dependence treatment and detoxification programme
Most people want to avoid pain and discomfort and like to feel comfortable, so whenever they can they will engage in activities that will provide and ensure that comfort.
People who are under pressure and stress develop various psychosocial functioning problems, from which they sometimes do not know how to cope with their own available self-help strategies, so they take narcotics or other means to reduce negative feelings such as anxiety or to improve their mood when they are tired or depressed. At the beginning, anti-addictive drugs help to reduce feelings of loneliness, anxiety, depression, helplessness and worthlessness, but only for a short time. This short-lived feeling of comfort soon connects the person with the medicine/medication and they feel the urge to take it again. Prolonged use of such remedies will lead to a reduction in social skills and learning opportunities and an increase in overall stress levels. In addition, high levels of stress limit the ability to remember, make decisions and direct one's attention to quickly overcome unpleasant feelings, thus reducing the range of possible (alternative) ways of solving problems in the future. A vicious circle is created which is difficult to break - an addiction is created.
The therapeutic process is based on a biological, psychological and social model and includes:
- Motivational interviewing - the first step in treatment, assessment of the patient's status and level of motivation.
- Detailed psychiatric, neurological and somatic examination;
- Therapeutic plan and goals of current treatment - to be developed and agreed individually;
- Pharmacotherapy - detoxification and psychopharmacotherapy agreed; mainly addressing physical complications as well as optimal treatment of psychiatric comorbid conditions such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, acute and chronic stress disorder;
- Psychoeducation - individual work, including the development of educational topics
- Psychotherapy - systemic and DBT orientation;
- Family therapy - close collaboration with families as an important link in treatment
- Spiritual therapy (meditation, invocation, visualisation, affirmation, intention, connection to the Higher Self)
- health and well-being
- Exemplary natural therapy according to the "Stop Addiction Now" programme.
- Healthy food for the regeneration of neurotransmitter potentials and the use of nutritional supplements
After the programme, social therapy can be arranged.
The programme is individually tailored and suitable for addictions to psychostimulants (cocaine, amphetamines, etc.), party drugs, tranquillisers (benzodiazepines, barbiturates) as well as for rapid detoxification from opiates (painkillers).
The multidisciplinary team at your disposal has many years of experience in dealing with the most complex cases.