Clinical addiction treatment is a very important method of treating addiction directly. Every stage of developing and applying addiction treatment is useful, but when treatment materials have been tested on multiple levels and are believed to be effective by experts, bringing them into a client treatment setting is the final and most important step in their application and evolution. This is the stage where the addiction treatment’s methods, materials, philosophies and strategies can effect the addict’s thought patterns and behaviors for the better.

New addiction treatment methods are frequently developed within the safety of studies, lab trials, focus groups and test phases. First, an addiction treatment method is determined to be sound psychological treatment by mental health professionals by seeing that it has the tenants of effective modern psychology. Then, it is developed into an addiction treatment model and practiced in mock treatment settings. Focus groups of applicable cases are organized in order to test out certain methodologies and principles within the proposed addiction treatment. Finally, the proposed treatment method is tested on several real cases of addiction and given the green light to move forward.

An effective addiction treatment method, such as the notorious “Twelve Steps,” is practiced and applied in addiction treatment centers throughout North America and the entire world. The widely circulated treatment methods to not become popular for no reason. Many qualifications and success statistics are met before addiction treatment methods are picked up on a large scale. Different addiction rehab facilities pick up different addiction treatment methods depending on what they specialize in, however, treatment centers with higher operating budgets are more likely to use materials that are current, modern and respected among mental health professionals.