Outpatient treatment gives rehabilitation clients the opportunity to maintain certain responsibilities and elements of their life-style while getting involved in drug and alcohol rehabilitation services. Outpatient treatment is a moderate amount of rehabilitation, and should not be mistaken for the level of rehabilitation offered in an inpatient or residential treatment program which is much more intensive. Outpatient treatment might be suitable for somebody who has a short history of drug abuse as an example, but will most surely not be adequate for somebody whose rehabilitation needs go beyond that which outpatient treatment is able to offer. Individuals dealing with drug abuse often require an extreme change of environment, because most of the things which prompt their substance abuse are purely environmental. By way of example, when someone has been physically or emotionally mistreated and this is triggering their substance abuse, it's impossible for any rehabilitation efforts to succeed should they return to such conditions every day. In outpatient treatment, clients can benefit from group and individual therapy, in addition to family therapy services. In outpatient treatment, most centers will provide services 6 or 7 days a week on either a part-time or full time basis for four weeks or longer in some instances.