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VICTORIA NEWS - Friday, April 27, 2012
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Esquimalt facility first in Capital Region Erin McCracken
Nanaimo each year. Edgewood treats News staff 600 patients a year. Esquimalt was selected above An addiction treatment centre will other municipalities due to its cenopen its doors in Esquimalt on May tral location, and because there is 1, said to be the only private outpa- ample parking near 1245 Esquimalt tient facility of its kind in the Capital Rd., where the office will be located. Region. “We’ve always wanted to open Spearheaded by Edgewood, an in (Greater) Victoria because so 80-bed private residenmany people come from tial treatment centre that (there),” Hildebrand said. has operated in Nanaimo Many patients are since 1994, the new clinic referred to Edgewood will provide counselling through CFB Esquimalt, and other support seramong other organizavices to people just comtions and companies in ing out of treatment for the region, he added. addictions to illegal and The new centre is modprescription drugs, alcoelled after Edgewood’s hol and gambling, as well Vancouver clinic, which Lorne Hildebrand as eating disorders. opened five years ago. “We’ve always said this: “(Greater) Victoria is it doesn’t matter how good treat- going to be a chance for us to really ment is, follow-up and after-care are step up the program,” Hildebrand absolutely critical to success,” said said. Lorne Hildebrand, executive director A third clinic, after Vancouver and of Edgewood. Esquimalt, is slated to open in Seattle “So if you don’t do the follow-up, this year and there are plans to evenif you don’t do the after-care, if you tually open more clinics elsewhere in don’t stay with your patient for a lon- Canada and the U.S. ger period of time, recovery rates go Victoria Addiction Services is seen down. And hugely so, almost to the as a positive addition to Esquimalt’s point where you could say the best business sector, offering another avetreatment centre in the world would nue for people who need help. fail miserably if they didn’t do after“Sometimes people, at first blush care and follow-up.” when they hear of businesses (and) Support is critical during the first professions like this, they tend to go five years of sobriety, when relapses to the negative in terms of what it are most prevalent, he said. might create within the community, In addition to helping people aged or within one’s neighbourhood,” said 19 and older achieve long-term sobri- Esquimalt Coun. Dave Hodgins. ety, Edgewood’s Victoria Addiction “It’s really incumbent upon us to Services satellite office will provide make sure the public understands pre-assessments, family coaching what this great service can do for and therapy, employer assistance individuals in need.” and intervention services and counEdgewood’s expansion plans also selling for post-traumatic stress dis- include opening residential sober-livorder. ing houses near existing outpatient Other services will include educa- clinics. These will provide the small tional seminars on relapse preven- percentage of people, who are really tion, relationships, spirituality, anger struggling with sobriety, with a place management and quitting smoking, to stay for up to one year, where they for example. can receive treatment. Greater Victoria was chosen to “Ideally at some point it becomes host Edgewood’s second outpatient one whole building, but that is much clinic in order to support the 40 to 70 farther down the road,” Hildebrand people from the region who receive said. “First things first.” residential treatment at the centre in emccracken@vicnews.com
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