Drug Rehab Stellenbosch

Drug Rehab Stellenbosch covers the town and surrounding Winelands. A large share of enquiries here concern students, and are made by parents living somewhere else entirely. For how treatment works, see Drug Rehab Cape Town.

Drug Rehab Stellenbosch: What Parents Can and Cannot Do

If your child is over 18, they are legally an adult. You can arrange an assessment, get a clear recommendation and fund treatment. You cannot admit them without their agreement, and a clinician cannot discuss their care with you without consent.

What tends to work better than a confrontation over the phone:

• Getting a professional assessment of severity before deciding anything
• Being specific about what you have seen - missed exams, money, a changed circle - rather than issuing a label
• Attaching consequences to what you control, and only ones you will follow through
• Taking the academic calendar into account: a break is often the practical admission window

Student Patterns

Alcohol first, by a distance, in a town where heavy drinking is thoroughly normalised. Then cannabis, then prescription stimulants taken for studying without a diagnosis, and CAT and cocaine in some circles. See alcohol rehab, cannabis addiction and prescription drug addiction.

Heavy student drinking is not automatically dependence. It becomes a clinical question when there is tolerance, failed attempts to cut down, or continued drinking despite academic, legal or health consequences.

Mental Health Underneath

Anxiety, depression and undiagnosed ADHD are common in this age group and frequently sit under the substance use. Treating the substance alone rarely holds where an underlying condition is untreated - see dual diagnosis treatment.

Studies and Treatment

Universities have deferral and special-consideration processes for medical absence, and a certificate can usually be issued without stating a diagnosis. An admission during a vacation avoids the issue entirely where the clinical picture allows waiting - and where it does not, the studies should not be the deciding factor.

Areas Covered

Frequently Asked Questions