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Address comorbid problems collaboratively: all program employees, from admissions staff to drivers, can inform comprehensive treatment planning.

We know that addiction to alcohol and/or drugs carries the risk of multiple medical, psychiatric, and behavioral comorbidities that are often neglected, undertreated, or overtreated. The presence of toxins in the body alters physiological functions that have an impact on such factors as blood pressure, pain control, memory, emotional state, liver function, and immunity. The transition from an intoxicated state to a drug- and alcohol-free state is a time of stress, both physically and emotionally. In early recovery, there is the potential for calamity--either medical, emotional, social, or all combined. A team approach to treatment that marries the talents and input of medical, ...

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