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Drug treatment facilities in the UK

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The Afghan delegates visited a variety of places, both in London and beyond, to see UK drug policy in action. This included a tour of the Lorraine Hewitt drug treatment facility in Lambeth.

More information on counter narcotics work in Afghanistan:
www.fco.gov.uk/en/global-issues/afghanistan/counter-narco…

Rehabilitation offers a combination of applied methodologies and approaches that can restore the normal pace of life. Rehabilitation is useful for anyone from people who have just met with an unpleasant accident or ones who suffer from a long-term illness or medical problem. Through rehabilitation, emphasis is given on helping the body to gain the strength to regain normal daily functions with the help of different kinds of recovery techniques.

Nowadays, rehabilitation for alcohol abuse is gaining huge popularity. Alcohol rehabilitation helps a patient’s physical as well as mental health through different approaches, medicines and support. Professional counselors and physicians suggest the right mix of treatment for individual patient who is fighting with the problem of alcohol abuse. Alcoholism is more of a psychological illness and it needs proper care and treatment. Thus, proper treatments are designed to help patients who are struggling with severe consequences of excess alcohol consumption.

The treatment requirement differs from the condition of patients. It means initially patients need to undergo drug and alcohol withdrawal, psychological support, behavior therapies and treatments to ensure immediate and effective results in a longer run. In addition, rehabilitation requires constant monitoring and care to overcome health flaws to get rid of weakness.

Kinds of Rehabilitation:

The goal of any kind of rehabilitation is to improve the condition of lives of affected people who have realized their problems. Nowadays, rehab is available for almost all kinds of physical as well as mental problems. Be it lung or heart problems, spinal disorders, cancer, depression, anxiety or alcoholism, rehabilitation treatments are available for all. Rehabilitation treatments are given to stabilize the uneven mental condition of patients via cultivating good thoughts and engaging their mind in some productive work. Via therapies and treatments, efforts are put to regain the lost mental ability to fight with any kind of trauma in their lives.

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