Most mental health and substance abuse rehabs have the facilities to cater to all levels of treatment. Hence, they need several service settings to ensure their patients have the necessary support. However, a few focus on perfecting some treatments rather than offering all rehab settings, which is why it is better to know which ones you can choose.
Understanding what each service setting offers will help you determine if it is the right one for you. Of course, you will also undergo a primary screening to gauge your needs and receive guidance accordingly.
List of Rehab Service Settings
Following is a list of the rehab service settings available for patients:
1. Hospital Inpatient Treatment
Hospital inpatient treatment involves checking the patient into a rehab-maintained residential facility. Here, you or your loved one will undergo treatment for addiction or mental health disorder until the doctors consider it safe for you to manage life in a non-controlled environment.
There are several variations or levels for inpatient programs depending on the type and stage of your condition. Following are the two primary levels:
- Inpatient Detoxification
- Post-Detoxification Inpatient Treatment
The detox stage is the first for most substance abuse cases where the patient is taken off the drug and kept on helpful medications. This process continues until the drug’s effects get flushed out of the system.
The post-detox treatment involves getting the patient accustomed to living without the drug in a controlled environment. Inpatient treatment duration varies for each case but averages 1-3 months.
2. Long-Term Residential
Long-term residential programs also apply to addiction and mental health treatments and are an extension of inpatient programs. This service setting is the recommended solution for high-risk patients who take longer to heal and reach a point where they are out of danger.
The timeline is entirely dependent on the patient’s progress and treatment success.
3. Outpatient Treatment
Outpatient program service settings do not require patients to check into a rehab facility, but they are strict about maintaining the patient’s progress. This setting is suitable for less high-risk people and can remain in control to some extent.
Following are the primary types of outpatient treatments available:
- Intensive outpatient program
- Outpatient day treatment
- Outpatient Detoxification
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment (for opioids)
4. Partial Hospitalization
Partial hospitalization requires patients to get admitted to the facility for treatment during the day and return home after the treatment ends. It is also called Outpatient Day Treatment sometimes and involves intense involvement daily.
5. Short-Term Residential Treatment
Short-term residential treatment is for patients with a balanced recovery curve who responds well to the treatment. This treatment undergoes the same levels as the inpatient program but is managed in the facility instead of the hospital.
It is also common for patients in the earlier stages of addiction or mental health concerns and recovers quickly with professional support.
