Dual Diagnosis Treatment for Addiction
Our success stems from our ability to offer highly effective clinical services that are not based on historical confrontational approaches that drive consumers away from treatment. Combining our research based innovations with emerging evidence based practices, we offer some of the lowest drop out rates in the industry, meaning that clients remain engaged in our services. Through comprehensive outcomes data on clients six and twelve months after program discharge, a 3-year SAMHSA-funded evaluation of Foundations Associates residential program indicated abstinence in 70 to 80 percent of Foundations clients up to 1 year following treatment. Severity of psychiatric symptoms was reduced by 60 percent, with corresponding improvements in quality of life. Our results suggest that the model of integrated and continuous treatment breaks the repetitive cycle of traditional separate systems of care for people with co-occurring conditions. We attribute this to our practices of:
- Motivational Approaches that engage clients and retain clients in services. We train clinical staff to use motivational enhancement strategies, a field tested method of implementing client directed services that maximizes client engagement and avoids use of historical confrontational strategies
- Integrated Treatment where all behavioral health and addictions needs can be addressed in one setting, with a team of experts including psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and licensed alcohol and drug counselors
- Trained Staff who are taught to deliver evidence based practices of care through classroom and applied studies.
- Client Recovery Workbook Series, a proprietary product developed by us based upon evidence based practices and our own experiences in treatment (link to workbooks?)
Providing clients with comprehensive integrated information about how to maximize their recovery experience - Client Directed Treatment where clients are encouraged to determine the pace, goals, and course of treatment and are treated as partners in, rather than subjects of, the recovery process.
