Outpatient treatment gives rehabilitation clients the opportunity to maintain specific responsibilities and elements of their life-style while getting involved in alcohol and drug rehabilitation services. Outpatient treatment is a moderate level of treatment, and should not be mistaken for the degree of treatment offered in an inpatient or residential treatment program that's a lot more extensive. Outpatient treatment may be ideal for a person who has a brief history of drug abuse for instance, but will most surely not be adequate for someone whose treatment needs go beyond what outpatient treatment is prepared to provide. Individuals dealing with drug and alcohol use often require an extreme change of environment, because many of the things which prompt their substance abuse are strictly environmental. By way of example, if a person is being physically or psychologically abused and this is prompting their substance abuse, it's impossible for any treatment efforts to have success whenever they go back to such conditions on a regular basis. In outpatient treatment, clients can benefit from group and individual therapy, as well as family counseling services. In outpatient treatment, most programs will provide services five to seven days a week on either a part time or full-time basis for 30 days or longer in some cases.