Free Drug Rehabilitation Center

Any drug unless prescribed by a doctor, is harmful for the body. Excessive dependence on drugs for reasons such as pleasure or medical has adverse effects. It can result in physical, psychological and financial losses. For those already affected by the problem, rehabilitation is a must. There are many non-profit or free drug rehabilitation centers which provide specialized care for addicted individuals.

A free drug rehabilitation facility is usually run by a non-profit organization, which reduces the cost of drug rehabilitation for a family. The extent of services offered depends on funds generated by various activities such as government funding, donations, community programs, thrift stores, sponsorships etc. It is difficult to find totally free drug rehabilitation centers as the treatment involves services of experts and utilizes costly medicines and equipments. Generally, a free drug rehabilitation center provides its services for free and patients are required to pay for medicines and other related direct costs. In such cases, another option for an individual is to approach a drug rehabilitation center which accepts the insurance cover available with the patient. This can reduce the cost of drug rehab drastically.

Rehabilitation Program

All centers whether free or for-profit, follow rehabilitation programs designed around the four stages of Drug Rehabilitation.

These stages are:

1. Treatment initiation
2. Early abstinence
3. Sustaining abstinence
4. Advanced recovery

Most prominently followed drug rehabilitation program around the globe is "12-step Rehabilitation Program".

Selecting a rehabilitation center

Irrespective of whether the facility is free drug rehabilitation center or for-profit, a lot of factors need to be considered to decide on optimal rehabilitation center. These include criteria like:

• Duration of program
• Licensing of facility
• Certification of rehabilitation program
• Qualification and expertise of staff
• Medical services (including emergency services)
• Support groups available and the participants
• Comprehensive spectrum of diagnosis and care
• Care management process and case manager
• Degree of customization
• Group or individual treatment
• Vocational training
• Specialized services provided
• Continuum of care
• Post-discharge follow up services
• Insurance cover accepted
• Logistic consideration
• Successful rehabilitation cases

These criteria are only guidelines for short listing a good drug rehabilitation center. One always needs to seek advice from physician looking after the case.

Free Drug rehabilitation centers

With the growing competition and demand of time, specialized rehabilitation center for various drugs is difficult to find. Most of the free drug rehabilitation centers provide diversified rehabilitation services and are not limited to substance abuse. A substance abuse rehab center specializes in rehabilitation from addiction of various drugs and alcohol.

Understanding that the residential rehabilitation programs are expensive and not all can afford, there are many facilities which help individuals in meeting the high cost by providing payment assistance plans, sliding fee scale plan or alternate payment options.

United States Drug Rehab (USDR) Centers Directory is easiest of ways to locate various rehabilitation facilities in the vicinity. Otherwise, an individual can approach following class of rehabilitation facilities that provide free treatment services or at very

low cost:

• State funded / supported rehabilitation facility
• Mutual support groups (an initiative by those affected by substance abuse directly or indirectly)
• Religion based rehabilitation programs (one of the earliest kind, supported by religious institutions)
• NGO supported programs