Maryville - Providing Alcohol and Drug Treatment for over 50 Years...

Treatment Philosophy...
We consider chemical dependency to be a physical, mental and spiritual disease. Alcoholism and chemical dependency are viewed by the professional staff as primary diseases in which an individual manifests pathological relationship with alcohol and other mind-altering chemicals. The primary goal is continued, meaningful abstinence on the part of the chemically dependent person. Quite often, the patient is also beset with concomitant emotional and psychiatric disorders, which need to be identified and treated with equal energy. Therefore, all patients are assessed initially for both potential chemical dependency as well as mental health problems.

Help For Families:
Maryville believes that chemical dependency causes complex destructive personality changes in the family. Families suffer psychologically, socially and frequently, physically. Therefore, education is offered for family members and/or significant others.

Help for Patients:
Our goal is to help patients achieve meaningful abstinence. The purpose of Maryville is to create an environment that will foster the care, concern, and commitment to meet the chemical dependency and related treatment, training and educational needs of the community it serves. All clinical programs utilize the principles and philosophies of Twelve Step Programs. Maryville also believes that the delivery of treatment must be specifically oriented toward the gender, age, sexual orientation, and culture of each patient. Treatment components are provided in the most gender-specific, culturally sensitive, and age appropriate settings as possible. We believe that treatment works best when patients are motivated and involved in their treatment. Communication on information pertaining to their assessments and treatment options facilitates comprehension, understanding and elicits active participation in treatment. They are so informed, and involvement is worked on with their primary counselor.