ABOUT NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG DEPENDENCE
Located in Covina, Calif. about 30 miles east of Los Angeles, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) offers outpatient programs for individuals who are struggling with substance use.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
According to NCADD’s website, the treatment center offers in-depth assessments, including level of care assessments. The center also provides assessments to give the treatment team information regarding life domains such as substance use, medical, employment, legal, social, psychological, family, environment, and special needs.
The treatment team provides presentations that are designed to inform the public on subjects, such as psychological and physiological parts of substance abuse, the recovery process, family issues, and health-related matters.
The goal of the relapse prevention program is to help individuals create a personalized plan. Plans typically include include five phases – stabilization, assessment, warning sign identification, warning sign management, and recovery planning. This program is broken up into two individual sessions and 12 weekly group sessions. Self-help meetings and random drug testing are also required.
The treatment team also offers individual and group counseling, which implement plans in prevention, treatment, recovery plans, and encourage changes in a person’s life. NCADD provides interventions, random drug testing, drunk driving treatment programs, tobacco cessation programs, and anger management programs.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
The center’s website notes the treatment team includes an interventionist. The one alum surveyed by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing gave four out of five stars for the staff’s level of training and experience.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
The one alum polled by Best-rehabs.com to date provided positive feedback and five out of five stars when asked if they would recommend the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. “Passion. homelike’ environment not really great. friendly, quiet, effective,” the alum wrote.
FINANCING
There is currently no information provided by the facility regarding its cost of treatment. However, the alum polled by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing gave four out of five stars when asked if treatment was worth the cost.