UAB's Addiction Recovery Program offers highly skilled specialists, confidential and comprehensive treatment, and state-of-the-art medical resources that create a circle of care.

Developed by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, the program, under the leadership of medical director Peter Lane, DO, focuses on individual needs of people suffering from chemical dependency or addiction. It offers adult inpatient or outpatient detoxification and stabilization, partial hospitalization, and day outpatient therapy, as well as continuing care initiatives for long-term support of patients and their families.

"Our major focus is the addicted health care professional, however, we do accept other patients. We treat primarily chemical addictions, although we occasionally see patients addicted to gambling, compulsive overeating, or sex," says Dr. Lane. "We don't specifically treat these conditions, but we address those issues and refer people to an appropriate program, when necessary," he continues.

"Our primary mode of treatment involves group and individual therapy." Other core program components include daily lectures, family workshops, recreation therapy sessions, a discharge plan, and when needed, psychological and psychiatric evaluation. In addition to referrals from health care professionals, the program accepts self-referrals.

For more information or to refer a patient call the Psychiatry Department's referral service, ACCESS, at 934-7008.