Addiction services - alcohol and drug addiction treatment at The Priory Group
How Priory can help with your addiction
Alcohol and drug dependency are life-threatening illnesses. We believe that recovery is a positive, life-affirming process. As the UK's leading independent provider of alcohol addiction treatment, drug addiction treatment and behavioural addictions treatment, Priory offers people with addiction issues the best opportunity to make a crucial change in their lives when they are ready to do so.
Book a free assessment or call 0845 2 774679. The assessment can usually be arranged within 48 hours at your nearest Priory Hospital and gives an ideal opportunity to talk through the different treatment options available.
Priory's carefully planned inpatient addiction programme is an intensive process involving a number of educational and therapeutic interventions. Patients work on themselves for eight or nine hours a day in group therapy, in individual sessions with their psychiatrists and with a wide range of trained therapists, many specialising in alcohol addiction treatment, drug dependency and adolescent addictions. As a result, many of our patients experience more change in one month from Priory addiction treatment services and addiction counselling than they might during years of other treatments.
Addictions treated
Priory hospitals treat all addictions including:
• Alcohol addiction
• Drug addiction, including prescription drugs
• Gambling addiction
• Shopping addiction
• Co-dependency
• Sex addiction
• Internet addictions, including gaming and social media
• Dual - diagnosis (addictions and mental health problems, e.g. depression and anxiety)
Treatment options
After an initial free assessment with one of our therapists, treatment plans are discussed and tailored to the specific needs of the individual.
Our addiction treatment options range from a seven-day inpatient detox for alcohol up to 14-day detox for other drugs and 28- to 42-day interventions for more complex dual-diagnosis (addiction and another mental health issue) or poly-addicted patients. We recognise that an inpatient stay is not possible for all of the patients who require our services, so we have also developed highly successful day patient and outpatient addiction treatment services.
On successful completion of our inpatient programme, some patients may benefit from a period of extended care on a day care or outpatient basis, the duration and intensity of which depends on each individual's needs.
Our comprehensive addiction treatment programme includes:
• Free initial assessment
• Medically supervised detoxification programme
• Group and one-to-one therapy
• Educational lectures
• Relapse prevention planning
• Holistic activities, including yoga, tai chi, art therapy and swimming
• Family support programme
• Twelve months' free aftercare
Family support programme
Priory also offers support and advice to family members, who often play an instrumental role in helping the patient recognise their need for addiction treatment services and who have had to deal with the impact of their loved one's addiction. We run weekly family support programmes to improve the quality of family relationships, help families understand the facts and dispel the myths about addiction and allow them to learn from the strength and experiences of others.
Aftercare
All patients completing a minimum 28 day programme are entitled to attend a free weekly aftercare programme for 12 months for additional support and guidance in the early stages of recovery.
According to a recent outcome study, up to 62% of Priory patients maintain total abstinence one year after discharge and enjoy significantly improved quality of life.