About
Substance Use Disorder is usually a complicated issue impacting all areas of one’s life including schooling, work, health, families, and relationships. This has become a major issue globally, regionally, at country level and almost every day one can hardly miss news or information on drug abuse in schools, drug and human trafficking, crime or people caught in some kind of drug business both locally and at international levels.
The society is always hopeful that an individual battling with drugs or alcohol addiction will at one time reach out for help. Hence the reason why at Elewa Ulevi we have been instrumental in initiating drug abuse awareness and cessation programs, establishing support mechanisms such as peer counseling, individual, group counseling, adolescence counseling and mentor ship programs, family therapy, assisting organizations implement the workplace policy and carrying out baseline surveys to enable us come up with evidenced based programs for our clients.
As we offer outpatient treatment, we will provide the benefits, the types of outpatient treatment and services, the differences between outpatient and inpatient and how to prepare a client for outpatient treatment. Depending on the individual needs, outpatient treatment is appropriate for those individuals whose condition is sufficiently stable, symptoms are mild and are willing to participate in the treatment plan.