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Psychiatric illness, alcoholism, and drug dependency can be debilitating illnesses. Even more so for a physician, attorney or other professional who has high demands and expectations placed upon them each day. Because of this, the decision to seek treatment can be even more difficult for professionals. Many times the professional will seek treatment only because of an intervention on them by a licensing body or other regulatory agency. At Lakeside, we are particularly sensitive to the specific needs of professionals seeking treatment and have developed a specialized program to help the professional work through the unique issues that they face during the treatment process.

The Lakeside Impaired Professionals Program is designed to assist the professional in identifying the severity and scope of their illness. We combine treatment and education in our specialized program at all levels of care. The Lakeside Impaired Professionals Program model is based on other nationally recognized treatment programs for professionals and utilizes a treatment model built around professional peer support and confrontation. This model has been proven to be the most effective in helping the professional recognize and accept that they have a serious problem and need help.

The Impaired Professionals Program specializes in treating:

• Health professionals
• Executives
• Attorneys
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Dentists
• Pharmacists
• Pilots

We provide specialized treatment to address a number of different behavioral or addictive disorders, including:

• Depression
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Suicidal thoughts
• Trauma issues
• Severe withdrawal
• Dangerous behavior to self or others
• Anxiety/Panic Disorders
• Bipolar Disorder

Specialized Programming for Professionals:

The Lakeside Impaired Professionals Program begins the treatment process with a thorough evaluation that may include both physical and psychological tests. The results of this evaluation process become the foundation for the specific treatment plans. A typical professional will require treatment for ninety days, in order to return to work with a solid recovery. The treatment plans outline specific recommendations regarding the treatment needed, and may include the following components designed specifically for the impaired professional:

• IPP (Impaired Professionals) group
• Psychiatric Case Management and Supervision
• Mirror Image for Impaired Professionals
• Re-entry Phase
• Professional Recovery Meetings

IPP Group offers the professional an opportunity to share with their peers and other professionals in the program, how their addiction affected them and others in their workplace. The professionals work together on their own unique shame issues and moving beyond the professional identity that they brought with them when they entered treatment.

Psychiatric Case Management and Supervision is an important component of the specialized treatment, where a psychiatrist, who is also an addiction medicine specialist, reviews each impaired professional’s case at least twice weekly.

Mirror Image for Impaired Professionals follows the initial stabilization phase of treatment, when the professional has really begun to "work their program". This phase begins with the professional petitioning the Treatment Team for a "Mirror Image", whereby they would be placed in an external setting to work face-to-face with other addicts to see the manipulation, denial and despair of addiction. The settings could be locations such as a homeless shelter with a support group, or another treatment facility and take place as a part of their treatment five times per week. In addition the professional will attend two intensive outpatient group per week for six weeks to allow them an opportunity to process their own therapy while they participate in their placement. During the Mirror Image they will also participate in family weekends, 12-step meetings and stay in contact with a sponsor.

Re-entry Phase is the beginning of the discharge planning process, where professionals evaluate their recovery progress and begin to plan for re-entry into their workplace. As a part of this process, the professional may take a therapeutic leave to meet with their workplace supervisors, explain their recovery and arrange their transition back into the workplace.

Professional Recovery Meetings are a part of the discharge plans of many professionals which include Caduceus, which offers a component of 12-step support and counseling and is the monitoring arm for the state health professional licensing boards.