Bear River Health Department – Substance Abuse

About Bear River Health Department – Substance Abuse – Brigham City, Utah

Bear River Health Department in Brigham City, Utah helps youths and adults overcome substance misuse and mental illness through quality outpatient treatment. Their recovery options include medication-assisted treatment (MAT), an outpatient program (OP) and an intensive outpatient program (IOP).

When you get here, you’ll first undergo a comprehensive assessment to help the clinical team craft a personalized treatment plan tailored to your unique needs. The IOP and OP involve individual, group and family therapy alongside educational classes focused on recovery skill building.

Family therapy fosters a supportive home environment that can aid lasting recovery. It focuses on mending relationships, rebuilding trust and improving communication with loved ones. This creates a positive family dynamic that strengthens your support network.

Their group and individual therapy may incorporate evidence-based models like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This model helps you recognize and tackle negative thoughts, feelings or emotions that contribute to unhealthy habits like substance misuse. They equip you with tools that encourage positive thinking or behavioral patterns. Such coping tools promote a sober lifestyle and prevent relapse.

Group therapy is especially effective for promoting peer support through community interaction and engagement. You’ll get to connect and share your wins and losses with folks facing similar challenges in nonjudgmental settings. Such interactions may inspire lasting relationships that encourage mutual support even after treatment. They can also boost your self-confidence and awareness and help you gain interpersonal skills like effective communication, stress/anger management and problem-solving.

These are all essential for maintaining a sober lifestyle. Educational classes help you understand addiction from a disease perspective and the recovery pathways you can exploit.

Both programs may incorporate MAT to address addiction to opioids, alcohol or stimulants. MAT is an evidence-based technique that uses counseling alongside meds approved by the FDA to support recovery. The facility also offers the MAT program as a standalone therapy for addressing opioid use disorders.

They primarily use Vivitrol alongside other meds for this purpose. These meds tackle the physical aspects of your recovery by reducing withdrawal symptoms and curbing cravings. Counseling addresses the psychological aspects to provide the best recovery outcomes.

Flexibility is one of the main appeals of their outpatient therapy. These programs accommodate your work, school and family commitments so you don’t have to stop working to receive the support you need to overcome substance misuse. The IOP is suitable if you need relatively more structure or therapeutic support. You can expect about nine hours of therapy sessions weekly spread between three to four days. Morning and evening sessions are available to enhance convenience. The OP involves a considerably low level of support. You can expect about 90 minutes of therapy sessions weekly. Consider this if you’re dealing with mild symptoms.

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Lee Perry

Vice Chair, Box Elder County Commissioner, Board of Health

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