The rehabilitation centres in South Africa are rated amongst the best in the world. For this reason many patients from all over the world come to South Africa for our advanced and competitively priced addiction treatment programmes. This is a feather in the cap for the private health care fraternity in South Africa as many of these patients or their families that arrange the treatment for the patient have the means to go anywhere in the world for treatment, yet choose South Africa private care rehab facilities.

The medical, therapist and psychiatric care personnel in South Africa are highly qualified professionals that have a great passion for the task at hand in addiction treatment. The staff in these premium rehabilitation centres are well trained and handpicked, as the type of care required is not the same type of care of patients as in a hospital or clinical environment.

Many of the addiction rehabilitation centres in South Africa cater for the complete rehabilitation through programmes or continuums that take people from a state of addiction to being able to lead their lives again unencumbered by addiction cravings. This recovery process frequently requires a mix of medical, therapeutic, personal growth, training and psychiatric consultation.

12 step programmes have been proven to be an ineffective form of addiction treatment in isolation but can assist people over long-term recovery particularly if they have secular upbringing. Personal growth, mindfulness and other coaching techniques, however, have largely filled the gaps where belief systems are absent.

Each patient needs to be evaluated to establish their particular needs as each patient will react differently to the treatment. The programme will include detoxification to rid the patient of all the toxins that are trapped in the body. The programme makes provision for private primary care rehabilitation, secondary care rehabilitation, tertiary care rehabilitation and outpatient rehabilitation for those patients that cannot stay in at an addiction rehabilitation facility for whatever reason.

The best addiction rehabilitation facilities can be found in Cape Town, however, there are many good rehabilitation centres in Johannesburg / Pretoria, Durban and PE and in Bloemfontein.

The families of the patients are involved in the whole process and they form an important part in the process of the healing of the patient. In most cases they themselves are traumatised by the patient’s addiction and need help to understand their role in the process. They get to meet other people in the same position during group discussions at the clinic.

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