What to Expect
Seabrook House is a center for the treatment of alcoholism and chemical dependency. Our goal is to help you achieve meaningful abstinence and educate your family members and significant others on the family disease, in order to support your recovery process. We begin to address negative impairments of your disease. Additionally, your family members/significant others will be integrated into your treatment, whenever possible in order to support your sobriety.
Seabrook House offers inpatient and intervention services to adults and adolescents.
Philosophy
Alcoholism and chemical dependency is a diagnosable and treatable
disease. The professional staff view this illness as a primary disease
that is progressive in nature, which can be interrupted, and recovery
begins. In addiction, the individual manifests a dependent relationship
with alcohol and other mind-altering chemicals.
The treatment of addiction is dependent upon your daily abstinence,
which is contingent on the maintenance of your physical, mental, and
spiritual well-being. We believe that your commitment to a daily plan
of recovery that utilizes the 12-Step principles and philosophies
of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous enables the likelihood
of continued abstinence. However, without a daily plan of recovery,
relapse warning signs and triggers will be activated and your physical
abstinence is likely to be sabotaged. Your likelihood of success increases
as you surrender and accept that you have a treatable disease and
are responsible for the maintenance of your daily sobriety.
We also believe that chemical dependency causes complex, destructive
personality changes in the family. Families suffer psychologically,
socially, and at times physically. Therefore, family integration into
treatment is recommended and offered for family members and/or your
significant others.
Diagnosis
All individuals, regardless of the program they are being admitted to, receive a patient assessment upon admission, utilizing DSM-IV criteria, in order to make a diagnosis. This is a bio-psychosocial assessment used to determine an initial diagnosis, severity of illness, and an appropriate level of care placement, as developed by the American Society of Addiction Medicine. At this time, your admissions counselor will review the clinical impressions/findings of your assessment, discussing the diagnosis, level of care placement, and recommended direction of therapy.
Important Details
At this time, the counselor will provide you and/or your family with
an admissions packet and review its contents so that you may make
an informed decision regarding admission to the recommended level
of care. This packet will include the following:
- Patient's Rights - This document supports and protects your rights as a human being including fundamental human, civil, constitutional and statutory rights. We want you and your family to be involved in your care and fully informed of your rights while you are a patient at Seabrook House. This document provides information regarding individuals who will be responsible for your care while you are a patient.
- Complaint/Grievance - This is a description of how we attempt to resolve conflicts and grievances if and when they occur.
- Message About Your Health Insurance - We are
more than eager to answer any questions you may have regarding
your health insurance, reimbursement, managed care process and
financial responsibilities that may incur. A Financial Counselor
is available at our main facility five (5) days a week to discuss
financial issues and self-pay options.
Seabrook House will also provide you with information regarding our expectations for your involvement and participation in our treatment programs:
- Patient Standards provide an outline for behavior
and expectations for your participation. They are based on practical
needs and help you build self-respect and foster self-discipline.
They enable you to become a part of our treatment and recovery
program. You will be asked to read the standards, and are encouraged
to ask questions to the admitting staff prior to your signing
the verification signifying that you have read and understand
these standards. By signing them, you agree to abide by the standards
during your treatment.
- Program Schedules describe the days and times
of specific therapeutic activities that you agree to attend and
participate in as a vital part of your clinical treatment protocol.
- Searches of your belongings and/or person may
be made upon admission to Seabrook House and upon discretion of
the staff to ensure a drug free environment for you and our other
patients.
Patients admitted to all programs will be seen by our medical staff and receive
a:
- Nursing Intake - conducted to document physical
findings and any medical condition that may require immediate
attention. The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment is conducted,
allowing nursing staff to measure your withdrawal.
- Urine Drug Screen(s), standardized laboratory tests blood and urinalysis, may be conducted to further assess your medical condition, ability to participate in treatment, and provide recommendations pertaining to your health needs. A urine pregnancy test will be conducted on appropriate patients. The State of New Jersey also requires that every patient be given a Mantoux to test for tuberculosis. This test is not performed if you have previously tested positive or were tested within the last six (6) months. If this is the case, written documentation must be supplied to us at time of admission. In addition you will not be tested if you are pregnant. An EKG may be performed if you are over fifty (50) years of age or have cardiac history.
- A physician directed history and physical examination will
be performed within 24 hours of your admission, unless you were
a patient at Seabrook House less than 30 days prior to this
admission. This comprehensive assessment of your bio-psychosocial
needs enables the physician and the clinical/medical team to
recommend individualized treatment plans and medical protocols.
- Specific medical/detoxification protocols will be reviewed with you by a member of our medical staff.
a. No pregnant female patients will be detoxed from opiates due to trauma to the unborn child. These patients are maintained on Methadone until the time of delivery and will then be detoxed.
b. Patients on a low dose of methadone maintenance may be detoxed at Seabrook House, but this must first be reviewed with our Medical Director prior to any admission.
Patients assist the nursing and clinical staff in the development of their
individualized treatment plans which are based on diagnosis and
recommended clinical direction of therapy. Staff will insure your
understanding, input, and agreement with the plan of action by obtaining
your signature on the plan.
The essentials of recovery include attitudes and behaviors that
foster honesty, open mindedness, and willingness. Should you decide
to participate in our program, you may experience some physical
discomfort (during detoxification), emotional vulnerability, degrees
of anxiety related to trust, risk taking, fear of change and growth.
However our clinical/medical team members and your peers will support
these stages of early recovery to assist you in learning to rely
on a sober support system.
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