Assessment
Before a plan is agreed
Medical review, psychological history, and an honest look at the environment the person will return to.
Chronic stress
Residential recovery for chronic stress
Long-term stress changes sleep, immunity, mood and the way a person reaches for alcohol, food or work. It is not "just a busy season" when it has lasted years.
Understanding
What this often looks like in real life
A body that does not come down. Jaw, gut, heart, sleep. A mind that treats rest as unsafe.
Long-term stress changes sleep, immunity, mood and the way a person reaches for alcohol, food or work. It is not "just a busy season" when it has lasted years.
Signs families notice
- Sustained tension, hypervigilance or irritability
- Sleep and digestive change
- Coping through overwork or substances
- A sense of never arriving at enough
Treatment
How the work is held
Residential rhythm, therapy, movement, nutrition and complementary support inside a physician-led plan.
Journey
From first call to aftercare
Understand the load, reduce it in a protected setting, then practise a different pace before going home.
Why residential
A contained setting, when outpatient care is not enough
Why residential
Distance from usual triggers, 24-hour clinical cover where needed, and a daily rhythm that does not ask a depleted person to recover in the same environment that exhausted them.
Why Les Mariannes
Care is physician-led, one-to-one by default, and small enough that a stay is not a corridor of group timetables. Complementary therapies sit inside a medical plan.
Why Mauritius
Mauritius is not read as a public rehab destination. Distance from usual triggers, a stable island setting, and a hilltop centre in Congomah give international families privacy without theatre.
Dr Siddick
A clinical perspective
Chronic stress is not a badge of honour. It is a condition of a nervous system that has not been allowed to stand down.
This is not a slogan. It is how assessment is done here: listen first, then decide whether a residential stay is even the right next step.
Families
The first call can come from someone who loves them
The first conversation may be with a spouse, parent, adult child, sibling, friend or doctor. You do not need the person to complete a form before you ask for guidance.
7-14 days
Assessment and reset
A short residential period to assess, stabilise and interrupt a pattern. Useful when outpatient care is not enough and a longer stay is not yet clear.
21-28 days
Core recovery
Enough time for medical review, a body of individual therapy, sleep restoration and a first aftercare plan. This is a typical core period, not a product.
4+ weeks
Deeper work
When trauma, dual diagnosis or long-standing dependence need more than a month. Length is a clinical recommendation after assessment.
These ranges are guidance for families, not packages. Nothing is priced or promised before a confidential clinical conversation.
Questions
Frequently asked
Do you treat Chronic stress at Les Mariannes?
Long-term stress changes sleep, immunity, mood and the way a person reaches for alcohol, food or work. It is not "just a busy season" when it has lasted years. Suitability for residential care is decided after a confidential clinical conversation, not from a website list.
Is detoxification always required?
No. Some people need medically supervised withdrawal. Others begin psychological work without it. That decision is clinical.
How long would a stay be?
Length of stay is decided after assessment. Typical guidance is a short reset of one to two weeks, a core period of three to four weeks, or longer work. Nothing is sold as a fixed package.
Can a family member make the first call?
The first conversation may be with a spouse, parent, adult child, sibling, friend or doctor. You do not need the person to complete a form before you ask for guidance.
Do you guarantee an outcome or publish a success rate?
No. We do not promise a cure, and we do not publish unverified success rates. Recovery is individual work, held in a licensed setting.
Why Mauritius, rather than a well-known rehab destination?
Mauritius is not read as a public rehab destination. Distance from usual triggers, a stable island setting, and a hilltop centre in Congomah give international families privacy without theatre.
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Speak confidentially
Whether you are exploring care for yourself or for someone you love, the first step is a private discussion. There is no obligation, and nothing is priced before that conversation.