Religious values should not be challenged but instead incorporated into the treatment process. If the program cannot support these beliefs, treatment could be counterproductive. It is difficult to describe what constitutes quality treatment. You can't just compile a list and say that if the items on the list are present, quality care is guaranteed. It is more complicated than that.
Some programs are stronger in certain areas than others.
Two programs could use radically different approaches and still provide quality treatment. Whatever the cost, quality care must be the priority. When quality care is given, patients get well. Stephen Arterburn is Founder and Chairman of the Minirth Meier New Life Clinics, an author of many books on recovery topics and a founding member of the National Advisory Board of the National Association for Christian Recovery. Search for a Christian treatment program in the Christian Recovery Ministries Database .