About Ozark Center – Lamar
Ozark Center is a behavioral health facility located in Lamar, Missouri. They treat people with substance use disorder and alcohol use disorder. They also provide services to clients in the justice system.
This facility could be a good place to go if you have been charged or convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. They offer many of the services required by court including drug testing and therapy.
They also offer a vocational assessment that you can take to find a career suited to you. Your caseworker can assist you with finding vocational training and employment.
If you have drugs in your system, they offer a full medical detox program. This type of dedicated program can make it easier to detox because you do not have anything else to concentrate on. They have a medical staff to monitor your vital signs while you detox.
If you suffer from opioid use disorder, they will be able to provide you with medication that will help ease the discomfort of withdrawal. You will also have group and individual therapy. You may have family therapy if your loved ones have been affected by your substance use.
Like most rehab facilities they offer behavioral therapy which teaches you to behave differently in order to change destructive behaviors. They also offer biofeedback training which teaches you how your body responds to stressful situations.
They also use transcranial magnetic stimulation for some patients with co-occurring depression and substance use disorder. You will lie on a table wearing a small magnetic coil. You will receive a series of targeted magnetic pulses through the coil directed at the area of your brain that controls mood.
They have several different group therapy sessions that focus on various elements of addiction. For example, they offer group sessions on anger management where you will learn how to quiet your emotions without the use of substances. They also offer training in relapse prevention. Therapists here are committed to giving you coping mechanisms and other alternatives to taking drugs and alcohol.
