You misread the site. The page says.. "These activities are a regular
part of the weekly program offered to our clients." It doesn't encompass the entirety of the treatment there.
"Each client receives a full and thorough assessment, including psychiatric/psychological evaluation,
when necessary. Our program is individualized to meet each client’s needs and is designed to identify, address, and resolve addictive and self destructive patterns of living."
http://www.ridgeviewranchca.org/treatment.html
Actually, Smurf, I read through nearly the entire site. It's emphasis is on NON-psychiatric handling and away from any drugs, entirely. Yoga, meditation and group counseling are the main forms of treatment. There are no sample evaluations, there are no mentions of which psychiatrists are used or recommend it, there is no mention of an on-site psychiatrist. The site deftly steers away from those questions and there is much to be said about what is omitted that should be on that site.
A psychological/psychiatric evaluation is standardly done for
every single person who enters a medically approved facility. Why would they say "when necessary" here? What drug addict
wouldn't need a psychological/psychiatric evaluation?!? I know it is standardly done because I work in the health care field. NOTHING can be done until the plan is written and approved and each part of it has to be written/approved by a professional in the field. Then the doctor and others have to approved every single step that is done with a person, from meds taken or not taken, group or individual counseling, group or individual meals, diet, etc. It's a very big deal, a time-consuming process that eliminates any possible questionable or dangerous actions outside those that are approved. Being licensed is not the same as being medically approved. Many health insurances approve alternate therapy approaches. For a light drug user, that may not be a problem, but for a serious addict, it certainly is. Note that they don't take Medicare. It is a pricey facility that coddles the drug abusers and perhaps because of this is quite popular.
ADDED: I'll bet you five posts that Johnny never got any sort of psychiatric or psychological evaluation there because someone decided it was "not necessary".