Care and Recovery Coordination Pharmacotherapy These streams are described below and included in Figure 2: Treatment System components. Care and Recovery Coordination For people with complex needs, Care and Recovery Coordination is available to assist the person to navigate treatment and to support them if they are waiting to access treatment. It also supports a person to plan for exit from treatment and to access other services that can help the person with housing, training, education, employment, or other support that can help prevent relapse. Counselling Counselling supports positive behavioural change in people through providing evidence-based therapeutic guidance. Therapeutic Day Rehabilitation Therapeutic day rehabilitation programs are intensive, structured interventions that aim to address the psychosocial causes of alcohol and other drug dependence. Non-Residential Withdrawal Non-residential withdrawal services support people with alcohol and other drug dependency issues to safely achieve neuroadaptation reversal from addiction. Residential Withdrawal Residential withdrawal services support clients to safely achieve neuroadaptation reversal from alcohol and other drugs of dependence, in a supervised residential or hospital facility. Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act (2010) Compulsory drug withdrawal under the The Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act (2010) provides for a 14 day period of detention and compulsory withdrawal for people who urgently require treatment to save life or prevent serious damage to their health. This program delivered under the Act is provided by St Vincent’s Health. Residential Rehabilitation Residential rehabilitation services provide intensive interventions that address the psychosocial causes of alcohol and drug dependence in a structured residential setting. Pharmacotherapy Pharmacotherapy is the use of prescribed substitution medication (such as methadone, acamprosate, naltrexone and buprenorphine) to assist in the treatment of addiction. Pharmacotherapy is accessed through GPs, nurses and alcohol and other drug treatment services. Population-specific services Population-specific alcohol and other drug treatment services are available for cohorts with specific needs: Youth alcohol and other drug services (including non-residential and residential) Aboriginal alcohol and other drug services Forensic alcohol and other drug services
Care and Recovery Coordination Pharmacotherapy These streams are described below and included in Figure 2: Treatment System components. Care and Recovery Coordination For people with complex needs, Care and Recovery Coordination is available to assist the person to navigate treatment and to support them if they are waiting to access treatment. It also supports a person to plan for exit from treatment and to access other services that can help the person with housing, training, education, employment, or other support that can help prevent relapse. Counselling Counselling supports positive behavioural change in people through providing evidence-based therapeutic guidance. Therapeutic Day Rehabilitation Therapeutic day rehabilitation programs are intensive, structured interventions that aim to address the psychosocial causes of alcohol and other drug dependence. Non-Residential Withdrawal Non-residential withdrawal services support people with alcohol and other drug dependency issues to safely achieve neuroadaptation reversal from addiction. Residential Withdrawal Residential withdrawal services support clients to safely achieve neuroadaptation reversal from alcohol and other drugs of dependence, in a supervised residential or hospital facility. Compulsory drug withdrawal under the Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act (2010) The Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act (2010) provides for a 14 day period of detention and compulsory withdrawal for people who urgently require treatment to save life or prevent serious damage to their health. This program delivered under the Act is provided by St Vincent’s Health. Residential Rehabilitation Residential rehabilitation services provide intensive interventions that address the psychosocial causes of alcohol and drug dependence in a structured residential setting. Pharmacotherapy Pharmacotherapy is the use of prescribed substitution medication (such as methadone, acamprosate, naltrexone and buprenorphine) to assist in the treatment of addiction. Pharmacotherapy is accessed through GPs, nurses and alcohol and other drug treatment services. Population-specific services Population-specific alcohol and other drug treatment services are available for cohorts with specific needs: Youth alcohol and other drug services (including non-residential and residential) Aboriginal alcohol and other drug services Forensic alcohol and other drug services
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