Drug Programs Ames IA

Drug program methodologies tend to include detox, medication, and varying degrees of physical, social and psychosocial therapies, as well as follow up support. A snapshot of any given program tends to emphasize the similarities rather than the differences.

Youth and Shelter Services
(515) 233-3141
420 Kellogg Avenue
Ames, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Community and Family Resources
(515) 232-3206
1619 South High Avenue
Ames, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment

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New Opportunities Inc
(712) 662-7921
116 South State Street
Sac City, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Great River Medical Center
(319) 768-3725
1221 South Gear Avenue
West Burlington, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Gays and Lesbians, Seniors/older adults, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders

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Seven 12 House
(515) 233-5048
712 Burnett Street
Ames, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Residential beds for clients' children
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Center for Addiction Recovery Inc
(515) 433-0369
806 7th Street
Boone, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment

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Unity Healthcare
(563) 264-9409
1605 Cedar Street
Muscatine, IA
Hotline
(563) 264-9409
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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New Opportunities Inc
(712) 792-1344
23751 Highway 30
Carroll, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Gilbert Alber PC
(563) 547-1779
110 North Park Place
Cresco, IA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders

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Drug Programs

Drug programs should probably be called anti-drug programs, because that is what they are. Drug programs are intervention type protocols which are structured and implemented in order to break the cycle of use and addiction. It is hardly surprising that programs which are structured, designed and targeted to a particular type of patient tend to engage similar types of treatments across the board.

Drug Program Methodologies

Drug program methodologies tend to include detox, medication, and varying degrees of physical, social and psychosocial therapies, as well as follow up support. A snapshot of any given program tends to emphasize the similarities rather than the differences.

Admission to any rehabilitation program involves a complete lifestyle change that acts as a shock to the system. It involves detox, in a closed environment, from which the patient can not emerge until the process is complete. The success rate that happens within this portion of the drug program treatment tends to be very high.

Every step getting the individual to this point is crucial and essential, but the problems which occur tend to happen outside of closed residential treatment programs. Once the addict (or patient, if you will) has emerged out of rehab, out of the detox treatment facility , out of the halfway-house, out of the transitional care, after the relapse prevention workshops, and has begun his new life in sobriety, the success of the treatment is often contingent on follow up support....

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