After detoxification, treatment includes group therapy and didactic sessions. Counseling is provided to motivate the inpatient through insight and knowledge to understand their addictive disease process and introduce the patient to continuing therapeutic outpatient support. Aftercare options include AA, NA, Outpatient Therapy and halfway house placements. Today, alcohol and drug dependencies are recognized as life-threatening diseases, and Ridge's philosophy regards them as treatable medical illnesses.
Emphasis is placed on learning relapse prevention skills.
Discharge planning meetings are held with family and, if appropriate, employers, to strengthen patients on their road to recovery. Partial Hospitalization is designed to assist individuals who require acute stabilization without the intensity of full inpatient hospitalization. The Partial Hospitalization Program provides six hours of structured programming per day, allowing the patient to return home in the evening. The Acute Program treats adults in an intensive therapeutic structure, providing medical and psychiatric stabilization and 24 hour nursing care for patients experiencing critical symptoms. A follow-up aftercare program is available at no charge upon successful completion of any of the above programs to help the patient transition out of treatment.