Question

What are the pros and cons of inpatient treatment centers? Provide at least two pros and two cons with the rationale in your response.

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Answer 1

Inpatient Treatment

Pros :

1. You receive 24 hour supervision by therapist and trained staff.

2. You are a part of the community - other residents in the facility are also overcoming their addiction.

3. Being in a residential setting, more time each day is focused on recovery, through group and individual counseling settings, as well as other treatment exercises.

4. You will not have the distraction of the daily life activities.

Cons :

1. Often you have to take leave from your job to take residential treatment.

2. You will be in a structured environment, which decides when you should wake up in the morning, when you eat, when you take counseling sessions. For some, it might not seem like a con.

3. Not many insurers cover inpatient treatment, since you could get the same benefit from outpatient treatment.

4. You will need to make arrangements for childcare, paying bills, household work etc.