{"id":2126,"date":"2022-01-19T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newjerseyaddictioninterventions.com\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2022-01-19T14:42:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:42:40","slug":"the-importance-of-a-continuum-of-care-in-addiction-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newjerseyaddictioninterventions.com\/the-importance-of-a-continuum-of-care-in-addiction-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of a Continuum of Care in Addiction Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recovery from addiction doesn\u2019t happen overnight. For many people, it is a long, extended process devoted to mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional healing. Still, when most people think of rehab, they think of a person attending a residential program, staying there for 28 days, and leaving with the skills they need to remain sober. Unfortunately, this isn\u2019t a realistic depiction of what it\u2019s like to attend an effective addiction treatment program.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s true that many people do attend a short-term residential program when they begin their recovery journey, many follow a full continuum of care that allows them to transition from one level of addiction treatment to the next. For example, a person may spend one month in residential treatment, one month in PHP, and another month in a standard outpatient program before being discharged completely.<\/p>\n

Addiction treatment that transitions patients to lower intensities of care is known as a \u201ccontinuum of care.\u201d Changing the intensity of a program as a person grows and progresses in their recovery slowly allows the patient to transition smoothly out of a structured rehab environment and into independent recovery. Without treatment that consists of multiple transitional levels of care, patients may be more likely to relapse.<\/p>\n

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