Addiction Rehab Thousand Islands All That You need To Know About Treatments For Inh | Page 5

TREATMENTS FOR INHALANTS
– THE PROCESS
 Evaluation
 Evaluation is an important stage in the treatment of inhalant addiction
as it presents a chance to the therapist to evaluate the addict. This
stage sets the ground for the treatment because the therapist can use
the opportunity to rate the level of addiction, discover the causes of
addiction and even note any other problem that the patient has. With
that, the treatment is set to begin. Also, the therapist asks questions to
establish the real causes of addiction on the patent and these forms the
basis of the treatment. When the therapist finds the causes of
addiction, he is able to recommend the right treatment for the patient.
 Detoxification
 In this phase of treatment, the patient is treated with medications in
order to eliminate the effects of the inhalants in the body. Prolonged
consumption of the inhalants can cause bad effects such as mental
disorders, damage to the kidney and liver as well as loss of memory.
Increased concentration of the inhalants in the blood can cause adverse
effects over time.