Dual diagnosis treatment is what sets Netcare Akeso Stepping Stones apart. We firmly believe that our integrated approach to treatment, including behaviour therapy, achieves the best recovery outcome for our clients. 'Integrated approach' means the simultaneous treatment of both a mental health condition/s and a substance use disorder – also called dual diagnosis treatment.
Netcare Akeso Stepping Stones’ programme eliminates the need for you to undertake separate treatment programmes for each condition. We treat the complexity of multiple disorders in a single programme, at one location, which also includes detox in our dedicated and licensed detox unit, if required.
The expertise and skills of our multidisciplinary team members are integrated into our comprehensive addiction treatment programmes based on international and local best practice. At Netcare Akeso Stepping Stones we work closely with you to determine the course of addiction treatment that will best suit your condition and unique circumstances. Our aim is for our treatment to lead you to achieving recovery and optimum quality of life.
Our programmes and individual therapy are managed by our team of consulting psychiatrists, general practitioners, psychologists, occupational therapists, and nurses, all of whom are registered, every year, with the relevant industry bodies.
We make use of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) as the primary therapeutic approach in our group programme.