Why wait for your loved one to hit a dangerous bottom when you can be ProActive in helping them become willing to get help without threats of abandonment, homelessness, or danger?
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- Addiction and co-occurring psychiatric disorders are progressive and difficult to untangle. The longer the problems go on, the more difficult they become to treat.
- Long term alcohol and drug use results in significant changes in brain function that persist long after the individual stops using. The brain of those under the age of 21 are even more vulnerableto long term problems.
- Generally, interventions will work more than 85% of the time to convince an addict or psychiatric patient of the need for treatment. Our success rate is even higher.
- According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), treatment does not have to be voluntary to be effective. Together we can get your loved one willing, even if the idea was yours!
- Major depressive disorder is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. for ages 15-44.
- When substance abuse and mental illness are treated as a chronic illness, success rates are comparable to those realized with other chronic health problems such as diabetes, hypertension, and asthma. Continuity of care is vital.
- 80% of family members consider their own work and home life to be "impaired" due to their loved ones substance abuse and/or mental illness.
- Impaired professionals entering specialty treatment with advocacy exhibit success rates above 90%. This is primarily due to a continuum of care.
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