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by Change | 13 Jan 2009

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Rehab clinics are offering more holistic treatments in order to help the mind overcome addiction in a similar manner to the body.

In order to learn how to avoid the risk of addiction relapse caused by triggers, patients require a substance abuse rehab clinic which provides more than a simple twelve-step program, a treatment center asserts.

Drug rehab Alternatives offers help which resembles spa and health detox sessions, supporting mental health recovery as well as helping patients overcome the physical element of dependency.

Among the treatments the Florida-based rehab clinic offers are eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, instructed meditation, yoga and massage therapy.

"It would be easy for the inexperienced to think of these new methodologies in treating addiction to be resort-like or mistake it for a spa," the centre claims.

The clinic says it is necessary to teach recovering addicts how to cope with temptations and is vital to keep patients psychologically strong enough to resist relapse.

It states: "The fact is that drug rehab and addiction treatment are straining experiences both physically and mentally."

According to a report by the Harvard Medical School, attending a treatment center can considerably improve the odds of overcoming a dependency.

Other factors which can help include developing a support network of friends and family, removing items which have associations with the addiction and learning new skills and activities.

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