Drug and Alcohol Rehab Reading PA

While some drugs require detox and others do not. The detox protocol must be closely monitored and administered to insure both addictions are properly and simultaneously cleansed from the body.

Family Guidance Center INC
(610) 685-4410
Berkshire Towers
Reading, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
Language Services
Spanish

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New Directions Treatment Services
(610) 478-0646
20-22 North 6th Avenue
Reading, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women
Language Services
Spanish

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Hogar Crea of Reading
(610) 372-8410
302 South 5th Street
Reading, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS
Language Services
Spanish

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Center for Mental Healthcare
(610) 988-8070
201 East Main Street
Birdsboro, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Caron Treatment Centers
(800) 678-2332
Galen Hill Road
Wernersville, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men

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Reading Hospital and Medical Center
(610) 988-4870
838 Penn Street
Reading, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women

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Jeter Counseling Services
(610) 376-6065
517 Reading Avenue
West Reading, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Spanish

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Center for Mental Health
(610) 988-8070
6th and Spruce Street
West Reading, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Conewago Wernersville
(610) 685-3733
Wernersville State Hospital Building
Wernersville, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men
Language Services
Spanish

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Reading Hospital and Medical Center
(610) 988-8070
Kutztown University
Kutztown, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Drug and Alcohol Rehab

Drug Addiction and Alcoholism are not the same.

It is important to properly evaluate and diagnose a addict with both disorders. A person with both alcoholism and drug addiction is often referred to as being “dually-addicted” not to be confused with the term dual diagnosis, which meant someone who had a drug or alcohol problem and a mental health diagnosis, such as depression.One key issue in drug and alcohol rehab for a dually-addicted person is detox. Alcohol almost always requires detoxification. While some drugs require detox and others do not. The detox protocol must be closely monitored and administered to insure both addictions are properly and simultaneously cleansed from the body. Dually addicted patients are more likely to drop out of treatment and have poorer results than patients who abuse only one substance.

Medical research conducted on dually addicted patients will address the needs of the overwhelming number of Americans who abuse both alcohol and illicit drugs. More than 2.4 million of the 5.6 million people who abused illicit drugs in 2001 also abused alcohol, according to the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. In fact, the more heavily someone abused alcohol, the more likely he or she was to use illegal drugs, the survey found. In 2001, nearly two of every three American teenagers, ages 13 to 17, who engaged in frequent drinking binges also abused drugs. In comparison, only 1 in 20 young people who didn’t drink at all used drug...

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