This individual may have no psychological problems or serious family problems. Another third of our patients have severe psychological or psychiatric complications - anxieties, depressions, eating disorders. Our staff is very capable of respnding to that set of interactions. We also have all of the resources of Stanford available. In a worst case scenario, Stanford can do a liver transplant here if necessary.
Some patients require very close integration with other disciplines.
For example, the physical symptoms of withdrawal from acute alcoholism and anxiety disorders are similar. Therapists need to monitor patients with both diagnoses in mind. Personality disorders make the recovery process difficult. However, that's something I think that we're particularly experienced to handle. We've focused on this area in our research.