Top Addiction Specialists in Altadena, CA
745 E Altadena Dr
Altadena, CA 91001
- Family Medicine
- General Practice
- Addiction Medicine
- 31 years experience
- 4 star medical school
An addiction medicine specialist is a doctor who treats patients with addictions to substances like drugs and alcohol, or in some cases, behaviors like gambling. Many of these specialists also treat the diseases that stem from these addictions.
These physicians are specially trained to prevent and treat the disease of addiction via psychiatric means, or other fields of medicine like family or internal medicine.
Some of the treatments that addiction medicine specialists perform or oversee are:
- detoxification
- rehabilitation
- harm reduction
- abstinence-based treatment
- individual/group therapy
- halfway houses
- withdrawal symptom treatments
- acute intervention
- long term therapies to prevent relapse
The area of Altadena, CA has a population of approximately 36,126 people. There is 1 addiction doctor near Altadena, which gives it a ratio of 1 addiction doctor per 36,126 residents or a ratio of 1 addiction doctor per 12,663 households. There are 12,663 households in Altadena.
