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3. Is the facility clean, organized
and well-run?
4. Does the program encompass the
full range of needs of the individual (medical:
including infectious diseases; psychological:
including co-occurring mental illness; social;
vocational; legal; etc.)?
5. Does the treatment program
also address sexual orientation and physical disabilities
as well as provide age, gender and culturally
appropriate treatment services?
6. Is long-term aftercare support and/or guidance
encouraged, provided and maintained?
7. Is there ongoing
assessment of an individual's treatment plan to
ensure it meets changing needs?
8. Does the program employ strategies to engage
and keep individuals in longer-term treatment,
increasing the likelihood of success?
9. Does the program offer counseling (individual
or group) and other behavioral therapies to enhance
the individual's ability to function in the family/community?
10. Does the program offer medication as part
of the treatment regimen, if appropriate?
11. Is there ongoing monitoring of possible relapse
to help guide patients back to abstinence?
12. Are services or referrals offered to family
members to ensure they understand addiction and
the recovery process to help them support the
recovering individual?
Source: A Quick Guide to Finding
Effective Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment
(CSAT/SAMHSA, NCADI Publication No. PHD877)
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