It is designed for individuals with serious drug or alcohol problems that have resulted in a significant disruption in some aspect of the individual's life. People entering residential treatment usually have serious problems relating to work, school, family relationships, friends, money, health, or the law. Short-term treatment not exceeding 60 days that provides a range of assessment, rehabilitation, and support services. Short-term treatment may or may not include formal school or adult education programs. Treatment lasting from 61 days to one year that provides the same services as Level I but usually includes educational and vocational services.
Care lasts more than one year.
Level III services are the same as Levels I and 11, but can be intensive or ongoing. Long-term care facilities for chronic alcoholics are called domiciliaries. Inpatient Treatment Residential treatment provided in a hospital or other medical setting, usually lasting 28 days, is called inpatient treatment. All residential treatment includes medical and psychosocial assessment, individual and group counseling, and involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. Therapeutic Communities Therapeutic communities are highly structured residential programs that help clients change their lifestyles, abstain from all drug and alcohol use, eliminate criminal behavior, and develop pro-social behaviors and attitudes.