Facility offering new kind of treatment for addiction

Malibu Horizon is a nontraditional, science and researchbased outpatient and inpatient detox and addiction treatment center which offers individualized treatment.

The medical director, Dr. Akikur Reza Mohammad, is an addiction medicine specialist and board-certified psychiatrist/ neurologist.

Treatment at Malibu Horizon incorporates all of the factors contributing to addiction- biological, psychological and sociological- and emphasizes a behavioral approach using motivation, clientcentered and experiential therapies, and a focus on relapse prevention.

Mohammad believes that addiction is a chronic medical illness requiring medical treatment. There are many factors involved in the causes and effects of addiction. Biology accounts for 50 to 70 percent of the risk factors; psychological and social factors account for the rest.

Services offered at Malibu Horizon include detoxification from alcohol and drugs; medical and psychological evaluation; clientcentered and individualized treatment approach; cognitive behavioral, individual, group and family system therapies; relapse prevention and aftercare; daily exercise including walks on the beach and yoga therapy; and nutritional assessment and equine-assisted psychotherapy

For more information, call (877) 338-6964 or e-mail help@malibuhorizon.com.