Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Health Care Professionals

Alcohol and other drug addiction is a chronic, progressive disease—and physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals are not immune. The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation specializes in helping health care professionals address substance use issues—and preserve your career.

Understanding Your Situation as a Professional

The very strengths prized in health care professionals—problem solving, caretaking, perfectionism—can be stumbling blocks to addiction recovery. Workplace challenges complicate recovery, too, such as:

At the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, a multidisciplinary team will work with you to understand your situation and determine your individualized addiction treatment. Our thorough substance abuse assessment process results in a comprehensive evaluation and provides you with:

A holistic, personalized approach

If addiction treatment is recommended, our clinicians will consider multiple factors in developing a care plan to meet your specific needs, including:

Addiction treatment at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is holistic and individualized, utilizing evidence-based practices and a Twelve Step approach. Core treatment activities include individual and group counseling, educational presentations, and weekly group sessions specifically for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.

Our Health Care Professionals Program also features individual sessions with a physician-counselor or nurse-counselor to specifically address:

Extra Focus When Needed

More often than not, addiction comes with complicating factors such as mental health issues related to depression, anxiety, or trauma. We take an integrated approach to your care, addressing addiction and mental health issues at the same time. Your treatment team includes medical and mental health professionals who design your care plan with whatever therapies, services, and medications are appropriate.

With You, Every Step

Regaining and maintaining your health means learning to live differently; learning to manage a chronic disease. At the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, help and support won't stop when you complete treatment.

You will receive a personalized continuing care plan to support your recovery. Recommendations might include:

We might also recommend a stay at the Dan Anderson Renewal Center's Lodge Program in Center City, Minnesota. The program provides additional support to strengthen and reinforce recovery principles and practices prior to resuming your responsibilities at work, home, and in your community.

"The idea of leaving my practice and leaving my family for weeks or months was daunting. Did I even have addiction?"

Are you or a loved one struggling with alcohol or other drugs?

Call toll-free to speak confidentially with a recovery expert now.

Most insurance accepted. Call to check benefits.

1-877-626-1811

Health Care Professionals: Addiction and Treatment

Health Care Professionals struggling with substance abuse and addiction face significant consequences if they remain untreated, not only for themselves but for the patients they treat.

Nurse Professionals Program

Nurses who may have a substance use disorders are three times more likely to admit they are struggling and seek help if offered a nurse "alternative to discipline" program.