Confidential Outpatient Detox
Over the past ten years, Dr. Mohammad has provided confidential at-home Outpatient Alcohol Detox and drug detox services, specially tailored for executives and celebrities who’d prefer to avoid the media attention and scrutiny of some treatment centers. A board-certified MD directly supervises patients, and an assigned caseworker provides personalized, hands-on support.
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Welcome to the Medical & Behavioral Health practice of Addiction Specialist, Akikur Reza Mohammad, MD.
Dr. Mohammad specializes in:
Opiate Detox | Dual Diagnosis Treatment | Outpatient Detox
Alcohol Detox | Medical Detox | Drug Rehab | Meth Treatment
Cocaine Treatment | Alcohol Rehab | Opiate Rehab
Alcohol Treatment | Opiate Treatment
Drug and Alcohol Treatment | Bipolar Disorder
Dr. Mohammad is a physician, psychiatrist, and addiction medicine specialist. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & The Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. His college and post-graduate studies (as well as his continuing education) have been thoughtfully planned to provide him with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the disease of addiction, and its treatment. Dr. Mohammad has also been certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) as a specialist in Addiction Medicine. For more than a decade, Dr. Mohammad and his exceptional support staff have been providing caring and confidential addiction treatment services, addressing the patient’s medical and behavioral health symptoms.
Confidential Outpatient Detox
Over the past ten years, Dr. Mohammad has provided confidential at-home Outpatient Alcohol detox and Drug Detox services, specially tailored for executives and celebrities who’d prefer to avoid the media attention and scrutiny of some treatment centers. A board-certified MD directly supervises patients, and an assigned caseworker provides personalized, hands-on support.
Medical Detox for out of town patients can be completed in as little as 3-5 days, depending on the patient’s drug of choice (opiates, cocaine and stimulants). Each patient is evaluated individually, to determine his or her suitability for Outpatient Detox. Participants in our outpatient detox program enjoy first class
comfort at one of Malibu’s most desirable hotels, and will be escorted to our offices for daily visits. The patient’s supervising MD and caseworker will be available 24/7 by pager or phone.
Specializing in the individualized analysis and treatment of a variety of mood disorders, Dr. Mohammad’s Dual Diagnosis Treatment, Opiate Rehab & Opiate Treatment has brought peace and comfort back to the lives of men and women who have used alcohol or drugs in an effort to “self-medicate” such conditions as:
- Anxiety Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Dual Diagnosis Treatment
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Anxiety Disorders, including panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and specific phobias. Symptoms of these disorders vary, but most include feelings of terror or intense fear that strike suddenly, and without warning. Theses feelings may be accompanied by chest pain, sweating, irregular heartbeat, unrealistic worry, a driving impulse to perform a task ritually, or an extreme sense that one is being judged harshly by others.
• Bipolar Disorder (sometimes called manic depression) with mood swings
between unusual optimism and extreme irritability.
Symptoms include grandiose beliefs about one’s ability, sleeping little yet feeling highly energetic, thoughts racing from one idea to another, talking so rapidly others can’t keep up, acting recklessly without consideration of consequences.
• Depression with feelings of sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, or guilt.
Symptoms include difficulty concentrating or making decisions, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping, a lack of energy, and slowed movement and speech.
• Dual Dignosis Treamnent - The term dual diagnosis is used to describe the comorbid condition of a person considered to be suffering from a mental illness and a substance abuse problem. There is considerable debate surrounding the appropriateness of the term being used to describe a heterogeneous group of individuals with complex needs and a varied range of problems. The concept can be used broadly, for example depression and alcoholism, or it can be restricted to specify severe mental illness (e.g. psychosis, schizophrenia) and substance misuse disorder (e.g. cannabis abuse).
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following a natural disaster, car or plane crash, kidnapping, violent assault, rape, or terrorist attack.
Symptoms include re-experiencing the event through intrusive memories, bad dreams, or flashbacks. These distressing symptoms can appear “out of the blue” at any time, or can be triggered simply by reminders of the original trauma: a noise, image, or smell.
Las Virgenes Behavioral Health and Medical Clinic
Dr. Mohammad, founder of Malibuhorizon Residential Treatment Center (patients who are not appropriate for outpatient treatment we can refer them to a residential treatment center such as Malibuhorizon), provides Opiate Detox and Opiate Rehab addiction treatment for individuals addicted to Opiates (either prescribed or illicit). This class of medications includes:
Vicodin, Oxycontin, methadone, and other medications used in the medical treatment of severe pain. Heroin, while not a prescription medication, also falls within this Opiates category.
Through Medical Detox, the patient is led through a rapid “tapering off” process, supported with medication to alleviate withdrawal symptoms. This enables patients to be treated comfortably on an outpatient basis for Alcohol Detox, Opiate Detox, or Drug Detox. This Medical Detox approach is suitable for many addictions, including:
Malibu Horizon
Those whose struggles with alcohol or drugs are made more difficult by these symptoms will appreciate—and benefit from—Dual Diagnosis Treatment. In addition to treating these dual diagnosis conditions, Dr. Mohammad’s unique, holistic approach also addresses the co-occurring conditions accompanying drug use and addiction. Together with a supportive and skilled staff, patients will not only get better; they’ll get well. Malibu Horizon is dedicated to treating all aspects of drug and alcohol addiction, both medically (using cutting edge medications to avoid unpleasant withdrawal symptoms) and psychosocially (with individualized therapy based on the latest research). The program can be completed with or without 12-Step programs, depending on the patient’s needs and concerns.
About Addiction
Traditionally, drug addiction or abuse, and chemical dependency have been treated with behavioral, social, and environmental approaches. However, over the past several years evidence is mounting that supports and proves that addiction / dependence is a brain disease; a chronic relapsing disease of the brain. Consequently, we believe that it should be treated medically and psychosocially.
"The essence of addiction is the compulsive drug seeking and using inspite of negative moral, physical, and social consequences," says Dr. Mohammad. "Combine this with the fact that addiction is tied to changes in brain structure and function, and that's what makes addiction a brain disease."
"The ability of a drug to initiate the disease state is dependent upon genetic factors," he further explains, "as well as how a drug relates to the existing brain chemistry's balance or imbalance. Since addiction is the result of changes in the brain function and that means a major goal of treatment must be either to reverse or to compensate for those changes."
"We need to understand that there are two ways to address drug problems realistically. One is that addiction is a brain disease, and two is that treatment methods that are successful are the ones that change brain chemistry or correct the brain's chemistry's imbalance."
Our Chronic Medical Illness Model of treatment can best be described as a multi-dimensional approach to drug addiction treatment. Medically, the addiction or dependency is treated specifically to address withdrawals, urges, and cravings. Certain medications are also used to treat any co-occurring conditions such as clinical depression, bipolar disorder, etc. Simultaneously, maintenance of recovery and intensive relapse prevention techniques are complimented by psychosocial tools such as ongoing therapy (either group and / or individual) and / or 12-Step recovery participation.
In order to participate in outpatient detox and / or treatment, an individual must be ambulatory, have a low risk for withdrawal complications, and have a strong support system consisting of family members or significant others.
For more information or to find out if you or someone you know is a candidate for one of our outpatient treatment programs, please call
us at 818.879.9018 or email us at: 
lvbehavioral@sbcglobal.net
If you’d like more information about Dr. Mohammad, or Malibu Horizon’s services, treatment programs, or facilities, please call (877) 338-6964 or E-mail Dr. Mohammad at: lvbehavioral@sbcglobal.net
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