About Merit Family Services
Merit Family Services was a nonprofit organization in Fort Worth, Texas. Their mental health and substance use disorder services were a cornerstone of the work they provided to the local community. This included dual diagnosis treatment for individuals who had a drug or alcohol condition and a co-occurring mental health disorder.
Dual Diagnosis Treatment
They worked with individuals who had multiple mental health conditions, including bipolar disorder. The program focused on treating both substance use disorder and mental health conditions simultaneously since these conditions typically interact with each other.
The substance use disorder treatment program was provided as an outpatient service when you were starting your recovery journey or experienced a relapse. The program provided a safe and secure environment using individual, group, family and couples therapy settings to address your needs. Your program also typically included psychoeducation to learn more about your condition, relapse prevention and anger management. Clients were also introduced to the 12 Step recovery program to support their sobriety.
Gender Specific and Holistic Care
They also offer gender specific therapy for men and women. The program was developed to help improve your potential for long-term recovery as well as address and educate you about addiction and the physical and psychological benefits of ongoing recovery. Within the multispecialty outpatient clinic, you also had access to mental health care using an integrative approach.
They believed that mental health and substance use disorders should not take a cookie cutter approach. Depending on your goals, they may have offered a systemic, experiential or humanistic approach. The goal was to provide a non-judgmental environment that allowed you to explore areas of your life that were negatively influencing your overall quality of life. They also offered holistic approaches including art therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy and play therapy.
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Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
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The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.
During rehab in Texas, you'll deal with underlying issues that contribute to addiction. By addressing these challenges and learning healthy ways to cope with them, you'll develop strategies that help you live a drug-free lifestyle.
Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.
Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.
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Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.
Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.
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(817) 413-9463 
3807 East Lancaster Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76103
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