| Recently a topic of conversation centered on | | | | services), partial hospitalization or outpatient |
| whether there is a difference between a drug rehab | | | | treatment. The type of services a drug rehab or |
| and an addiction treatment center. As surprised as | | | | addiction treatment center provides is strictly up to |
| people were at the question, it made all of us realize | | | | the owner and operator and each service must be |
| those individuals without knowledge of the addiction | | | | licensed by the state where the center is located. It |
| treatment business or who have not been in | | | | suffices to say that the greater the continuum of |
| addiction treatment themselves, might be easily | | | | care, the more likely the center is to be able to meet |
| confused. | | | | the patient's needs. |
| There really is no difference between the two as far | | | | To ensure one receives quality care when joining an |
| as the terminology. When a person mentions drug | | | | addiction treatment program, a person should contact |
| rehab, they are really referring to a drug rehabilitation | | | | a drug rehab facility accredited by JCAHO (The Joint |
| program, which is the same as an addiction | | | | Commission of Accreditation for Health |
| treatment program, alcohol treatment program or | | | | Organizations), a standard-bearer in health-care |
| chemical dependency program. All of the above are | | | | facilities, which assures the consumer that the |
| designed to treat drug addiction and alcoholism, with | | | | accredited facility has achieved and continually |
| the only difference resting in the actual services | | | | maintains clinical and professional practices which are |
| provided, population treated and the philosophy of | | | | superior in its specialized field of treatment. |
| the program. | | | | There are numerous sites about drug rehab facilities |
| Differences in Addiction Treatment Services | | | | on the web and you should evaluate their credentials |
| While they all generally have residential treatment | | | | carefully. RecoveryConnection.org refers people to |
| services in common, it does not mean that each has | | | | addiction treatment centers accredited by JCAHO. |
| been licensed to provide detox (detoxification | | | | |