Brisbane Private Hospital – Damascus Health Services

About Damascus Health Services

Damascus Health Services operates within Brisbane Private Hospital: a specialist medical and surgical service that specialises in orthopedics, drug and alcohol rehabilitation and neurosurgery. Damascus Health Services provides detoxification and therapeutic treatment for patients with alcohol and/or prescribed and over-the-counter drug problems. Services are provided in a private hospital setting

Programs

Inpatient services: withdrawal management and rehabilitation.

Follow up programme: aims to offer ongoing support to patients after discharge to stay abstinent as they face their ‘real’ world and those people who are part of their ongoing life. Group sessions are offered Monday- Saturday  starting at 8:30am.

Fortnightly family/significant other mornings: aim to bring together patients and their support people to learn about information and education on substance dependence and how to support family/important members who are dependent on substances. This is held once every two weeks on a Thursday from 9:00am to Midday.

Relapse prevention program: helps patient to address barriers to progress and develop knowledge, skills and confidence in addressing potential triggers of relapse and high risk factors.

The Couple’s program: aims to assist couples stabilise abstinence and their marital and family relationships. Patients must be substance-free before participating. All patients are breathalysed on entry to the clinic.

Therapeutic programme: provides helpful information as well as support and advice about how to address problems with alcohol or prescription drug misuse, for the rest of a patient’s life. It aims to help patients manage their emotions and thoughts, make healthy choices, improve their relationships and find meaning in their lives.

Other treatment services:

• 24 hour telephone hotline for any patients who are struggling
• Brief intervention in smoking cessation
• Celebration day
• Dietitian
• Full medical/surgical backup
• Physiotherapy
• Pre-planned telephone follow up by nursing staff for six months following discharge
• Social worker

Intake, assessment and referral

Referrals can only be done by a healthcare provider either via phone or online on http://www.brisbaneprivatehospital.com.au/index.php/doctors/ereferrals-rehab