Addiction Disorder Treatment
Addiction Disorder Treatment
Services provided for Addiction Disorder Treatment are:
1. ASSESSMENT:
Psychological assessments-
- Addiction Severity Index(ASI)
- Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI)
- Alcohol Use Disorders And Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule(AUDASIS)
- Personality testing
2. TREATMENT BY MEDICATION For Addiction Disorder Treatment
- Medication is used in both detoxification and deaddiction phases of treatment.
- They help improve the way your brain uses certain chemicals that control withdrawal symptoms and cravings.
- Sometimes, antidepressant medications and sedatives (benzodiazepines) are added in the initial phases to control the symptoms quickly.
- Medication duration depends on multiple factors like total duration of symptom use, genetic loading, coexisting depression or anxiety etc and is hence best decided by the treating doctor.
- Do not stop taking the medication without the help of a doctor.
3. TREATMENT BY COUNSELING/ PSYCHOTHERAPY
There are different types of therapy available At Delhi Mind Clinic that are:
Chosen as per the patient’s symptoms.
- Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) – Methods to learn to identify and modify thought patterns accompanying relapses.
- Motivation Enhancement Therapy- Structured means of identifying ambivalence and motivating abstinence by challenging contradictory thoughts and behaviours.
- Interpersonal therapy (IPT) – centres on resolving interpersonal problems and aiding recovery.
- Family Therapy – Generating awareness and promoting a supportive environment at home to facilitate recovery.
- Psychodynamic Therapy – Focused on revealing the unconscious content of the client’s psyche to alleviate psychic tension.