Drug De-addiction
- Drug De-addiction is the process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin or amphetamines
- Management of de-addiction is a complicated and difficult task.
- The path to recovery for drug addicts is long and often slow.
- Family members, friends and society, on the whole, have a very important role to play.
Detoxification:
- The first TX2CVH phase of treatment is detoxification.
- The drug is stopped gradually and the addict. is helped to overcome the withdrawal symptoms.
- The addict undergoes severe physical and emotional disturbance.
- This is taken care of by specific medication.
Psychotherapy:
- Individual and group counselling is given by psychologists and counsellors.
- The treatment includes efforts to reduce the addict’s stress, taught new ways to solve everyday problems, adequate diet, rest and relaxation.
Counselling to family members:
- Social workers Counsell family members in order to change the attitude of rejection so that the addict is accepted by the family and society.
Rehabilitation:
- They are given proper vocational training so that they can lead healthy life and become useful members of society.