Are you a first responder facing mental health challenges? Homewood Health Centre can help. Find out more
Opioid addiction is characterized by an overwhelming urge to use the drug, a loss of control over one’s use, continued use despite harmful consequences and physical withdrawal symptoms upon cessation of use. Opioid addiction can have catastrophic impact on individuals and their families and even infrequent use of opioids results in a significant increase in risk of death by overdose.
Some opioids are medications that may have originally been prescribed by a physician for pain treatment, while other opioids such as fentanyl, are commonly used as illicit or street-obtained drugs. Regardless of how they are obtained, they are highly addictive substances that contribute to thousands of opioid toxicity deaths each year.
The impact of opioid use on you and your family can be significant and long-lasting. It is essential to seek help and support to address opioid use and mitigate these impacts. With the help of skilled clinicians, appropriate medications, a structured program, a strong support network, and a well-designed recovery plan, you can achieve long-term recovery from opioid use disorders.
Programs for opioid use include medical withdrawal and stabilization, abstinence-based approaches, and support for returning to work in safety-sensitive positions. These programs take a holistic approach, incorporating bio-psycho-social-spiritual dimensions of healing.
A nationally recognized flagship program combining 24/7 medical care, withdrawal management and a skilled interdisciplinary team.
Comprehensive medical and clinical care for individuals dealing with substance use issues and the symptoms of mood/anxiety disorders.
Dedicated to adults who are struggling with the symptoms of trauma(s), occupational injury, or with co-occurring trauma and addiction.
Supporting first responders, military personnel and veterans living with anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and/or the impacts of trauma as standalone or co-occurring disorders.
Supporting mature adults with physical comorbidities and cognitive deficits in an environment with peers of comparable age and life experience.
Designed specifically for health care workers experiencing challenges related to substance use and concurrent issues relating to mood and or anxiety.
Coming to the Homewood Health Centre is often the beginning of the recovery journey. Homewood offers different recovery management and outpatient programs that provide professional support and guidance to help individuals sustain their recovery.
Homewood’s recovery management initiatives focus on skill consolidation, relapse prevention, overall wellness, and the involvement of one’s family and support system. These offerings can be tailored to meet the needs of each client.
For more information on Homewood’s recovery management services, please email us at treatment@homewoodhealth.com
Taking opioids can lead to dependence, addiction, or overdose. Addiction to opioids is characterized by an intense, uncontrollable craving and compulsive drug use, despite harmful consequences. However, with the help of the right clinicians, medications, programs, support networks, and recovery plans, individuals with opioid use disorders can achieve long-term recovery.
Homewood Touchpoint is an innovative, integrated, standardized measurement tool developed explicitly with our patients in mind.
Patients can better understand their recovery and work with their clinicians using friendly, graphical tools.
Clinicians can use this information to develop treatment plans and evaluate progress.
Homewood Health Centre is a fully accredited, physician-led, medically-based inpatient treatment facility offering several specialized programs and extensive services to treat a wide range of mental health issues including trauma, addiction, anxiety, depression as well as co-occurring mental health and addiction issues.
Located in a relaxing 50 acre setting in Guelph, Ontario, Homewood Health Centre is one of Canada’s foremost mental health treatment facilities and we serve as a provincial and national resource for patients, families and their communities.
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