Outpatient treatment gives rehabilitation clients the opportunity to sustain specific responsibilities and aspects of their way of life while getting involved in drug treatment services. Outpatient treatment is a moderate amount of treatment, and should not be mistaken for the level of treatment offered within an inpatient or residential rehab program which can be significantly more extensive. Outpatient treatment could possibly be ideal for a person who has a short history of substance abuse as an example, but will almost certainly not be adequate for a person whose treatment needs exceed that which outpatient treatment is able to provide. Individuals involved in substance abuse often require an extreme change of environment, because most of the things which prompt their drug abuse are strictly environmental. As an example, when someone is being physically or emotionally abused and this is prompting their drug abuse, it's impossible for any rehab endeavours to succeed whenever they return to such situations every day. In outpatient treatment, clients can take advantage of group and individual counseling, as well as 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 thirty days or longer in some cases.