BREEZY POINT Treatment Services
These services are designed to provide long term, residential programming for men, women and family units experiencing a variety of addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders. Using the therapeutic community model, members are offered graduated opportunities that will equip them with the necessary vocational, intellectual and communicative skills for successful integration into society, allowing them to be free of addictive behaviours. Emphasis of the program is placed on promoting healthy living and teaching members how to make positive lifestyle choices.
Mental Health
BHF supports the principles of the Co-occurring Disorders Initiative (CODI) – a project jointly sponsored by the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM), eleven regional health authorities in Manitoba, and Manitoba Health/Healthy Living. BHF is a CODI capable facility. Residents are screened for mental health disorders, in addition to the routine screening of substance use.
Healthy Living
One of the primary goals of treatment is to expose residents to healthy living routines. Residents are taught the importance of healthy living and how it relates to long-term mental and physical health.
Dietary
Meals provided adhere to the Canada Food Guide. Residents are educated as to the long-term results of poor dietary choices, including risk factors for diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Program Length
Program length is open-ended and based primarily on treatment progress. The recommended length of stay for either the adult or family program is a minimum 4 to 6 months, though it is not uncommon for some individuals to stay a year or more. Individual needs and treatment goals are usually the determining factors for the length of a person’s stay.
