Outpatient treatment gives rehabilitation clients the chance to maintain specific obligations and elements of their life-style while getting involved in drug rehab services. Outpatient treatment is a moderate degree of treatment, and shouldn't be mistaken for the amount of rehabilitation offered in an inpatient or residential rehab program that is significantly more extensive. Outpatient treatment could be ideal for anyone who has a short history of drug or alcohol use for example, but will most definitely not be adequate for somebody whose rehabilitation needs exceed what outpatient treatment is prepared to offer. Individuals involved in drug and alcohol use often need a considerable change of environment, because many of the things that prompt their drug and alcohol use are purely environmental. By way of example, if someone else has been physically or emotionally abused and this is prompting their drug or alcohol use, it's impossible for any rehab efforts to have success whenever they return to such situations each day. In outpatient treatment, clients can benefit from group and individual therapy, in addition to family counseling services. In outpatient treatment, most programs will provide services five to seven days each week on either a part-time or full-time schedule for 1 month or longer in some instances.