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Outpatient addiction programs and Intensive Outpatient Programs are a part of the continuum of care available for drug and alcohol abuse treatment. Outpatient programs are designed to give people recovering from substance abuse the opportunity to receive care for their addictions while maintaining commitments they have to work and family. In this white paper, learn about the goals of outpatient addiction programs, special considerations for transitioning from a residential program, how a person’s lifestyle will change under an outpatient addiction program, and how to develop a relapse prevention plan. For more information about how you or a loved one can [...]

by Teresa A. McMahon, LCSW, MBA, LCADC "Love Cannot Stop It", "Suburbia’s Deadly Secret", "The Grim Life of Suburban Addicts", "Heroin Use is Epidemic": these heart-grabbing headlines have been emblazoned across the front pages of newspapers in recent months. How does seemingly innocent experimentation so often lead young people to addiction, and what roadblocks are stopping us as a society from fighting this pandemic? Why will one young person experiment with alcohol or some other substance and develop a dependency, while another does not? This question is being studied by scientists and substance abuse practitioners everywhere in the developed world. [...]