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Addiction Treatment – No more lobotomy

narcononMuch like practices in medicine have changed their approach to mentally ill patients from lobotomy to methods that are humane and can help the person to a proper recovery by taking them away from their place of living, addiction treatment has also altered their methods to understand why drug addiction as well as other forms of addiction occurs as well.

As most experts validate, addiction is a disease, and even though most people can’t seem to understand why it has been classified that way, it has been understood that it is a form of psychological illness that affects the frontal lobe region of the brain and its neurotransmitters.

Most drug rehab centers are located in secluded and serene places so as to support these findings by their methods of therapy, and are finding success in treating drug and alcohol addiction.

Both drug and alcohol addiction can be caused by several reasons such as their life experience, hereditary or even their upbringing, and in engaging these addicts in cognitive and behavioral therapy, the root cause of their addiction is brought to light in order to ensure that a complete recovery from drugs or alcohol is achieved.

Depending on the type of drug or alcohol, each patient is put through an individualized treatment program thus catering to his or her needs right from the time he enters the rehabilitation program to the time he makes his way back into the real world.

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