Outpatient
What is it?
What does it consist of?
Consolidation Phase: up to one month
Consolidation follows on immediately after detox. This may take place as an inpatient, usually week 2 onwards or as an outpatient with options for more ‘intensive’ nursing and therapy support depending on need.
MultiDisciplinary Team (MDT) reviews and therapy sessions can be done on site at The New Life Centre or virtually depending on convenience and locality. During a team review, medication would be reviewed. This would include what needs to be continued after detox, any new medication for anti-craving, managing any ongoing physical and mental health symptoms and assessing and treating any co-existing mental health disorders.
Our therapist may also tie this in with behavioural patterns and relationships and suggest strategies to help identify ‘warning signs’ of relapse and recommend changes to the home and social environment to support the recovery process. Therapy sessions will go alongside team reviews and may go into more depth on the psychosocial aspects.
A Naltrexone implant may be offered if an appropriate option following detox
up to 3 months Relapse Prevention
Similarly, to consolidation, team reviews and therapy sessions work alongside each other. Together, we are likely to gain an understanding of root cause issues and the steps that led to addiction. Medication would be reviewed, started and stopped depending on clinical need. Anti-craving medication is likely to continue throughout. Therapy should provide a better understanding of behavioural patterns, triggers, disruptive as well as protective factors and practical self-help strategies that should be re-enforced. The positive encouragement of steps taken in the right direction is essential.
up to 9 months – Relapse Prevention
The final stage in recovery is the longest, least intensive but just as important to continue focusing on recovery. We may offer team reviews and therapy once per month for example. However, the frequency of reviews is best tailored to the individual and can be discussed with your medical team.
The whole aim of each stage of treatment is to reduce your risk of relapse. The road to recovery takes at least 12 months in our experience. Looking at audit and research data, the best long term outcomes* appear to be when a 12-month programme is undertaken. When we start to feel better, there’s often a feeling that we may not need treatment anymore. This can, however, be a pinch point for future relapse despite the positive steps taken. We would encourage that a personalised treatment plan remains long-term for the best chance of sustained abstinence and recovery.
*Outcome measures recorded at a time in previous years when Dr Amal Beaini was previously providing the BONDS protocols from the Detox5 service, not The New Life Centre at Broughton. We are very pleased to say that these medical BONDS detox protocols are now part of The New Life Centre at Broughton. Detox5(TM) has closed a few years ago. Abstinence data at 12 months did not include those patients who could not be contacted or lost to follow up.
Programme model
Our programme model is tailored to the individual’s needs. Our detox varies depending on whether the substance is a lone problem or is accompanied by misuse of other substances, the amount the patient is using, and if there any underlying mental health issues. The internal audits of the BONDS treatment protocols of many years have shown that approximately 70% of patients with alcohol or substance misuse also have an underlying mental health disorder. This combination of addiction and a mental health disorder is called Dual Diagnosis.
More about this service
Our inpatient facility within the Broughton Hall Estate in North Yorkshire is where your journey to recovery begins. You’ll first meet the team at our purpose-built facility “Pasture House” for a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) assessment and then your detox begins…we expect a successful detox to be successfully complete within 14-28 days.
After a successful detox, starting a Relapse Prevention programme is essential. At The New Life Centre, we see this as a 12-month programme. Of course everyone is different and we will work with you, alongside other public or private services to make sure your recovery is tailored to you.
Our inpatient facility within the Broughton Hall Estate in North Yorkshire is where your journey to recovery begins. You’ll first meet the team at our purpose-built facility “Pasture House” for a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) assessment and then your detox begins…we expect a successful detox to be successfully complete within 14-28 days.
