Narcological clinic Real Help. Chusovaya, Russia

The rehabilitation of drug addicts can be divided into two stages: medical rehabilitation and socio – psychological.

At the stage of medical rehabilitation is eliminated withdrawal symptoms, removed, withdrawal is carried out detoxification of the body. This stage can last from several days to several months and in this time the person must be under the supervision of a physician-psychiatrist and, in some cases, a psychiatrist. Therefore, it is desirable that this part of rehabilitation was in the hospital.

Then comes the stage of social and psychological rehabilitation. It should be understood that this stage is long and very complicated. For full rehabilitation requires at least 12-18 months. Of course, there are exceptions, but they only prove the rule. Therefore, when choosing a rehabilitation center, it should be understood that to combine these two steps in one place is almost impossible. There are a lot of reasons. And one of them is fundamentally different explanation of the causes of drug addiction and fundamentally different assessment of this phenomenon: physicians consider addiction a disease, but psychologists and teachers are saying about the distorted understanding of the rules, which leads to conflicts, social isolation and, consequently, to the junkie lifestyle (aggressive behavior, unwillingness to study and work, lying, stealing, criminal, community, etc.) as you know, in order to eradicate the problem, you must remove its cause. And from what we believe the cause will be determined and the methods by which this cause we will fight.

If we say about addiction as a disease, and fight it medically. And, of course, in some mental diseases the person finds relief in drugs and alcohol, and then the basis of its dependencies, lies a disease that requires constant medical supervision. But, in my opinion, in most cases, this approach removes all responsibility for his life and shifts it (responsibility) on the shoulders of families and physicians. And at this point in the cycle of drug dependence continues. If we are talking about addiction as a "disease besarme (anomie)" how about the social ills of society as "Oncology" of the human soul, and the means of rehabilitation necessary psycho-pedagogical.