Rehab centre in Malaysia: private 90-day residential treatment
If you are looking for a rehab centre in Malaysia, you are probably doing it for someone you love, and doing it fast. Salus is a private addiction treatment centre in Cyberjaya, Selangor: a 90-day residential programme for alcohol and drug dependence, with 24-hour care and medical oversight, therapy matched to the person and a fixed price of RM7,000 per month. This page helps you compare your options.
Signs it may be time to look for a rehab
There is no test, and you do not need to be certain. Families usually start searching when several of these have been true for a while.
- Promises to cut down or stop have been made, and meant, more than once, and have not held.
- Work, study or money are suffering: missed days, debts, or belongings sold or borrowed without a clear reason.
- Sleep, weight or appearance have changed enough that the people closest to them are worried.
- Stopping, even for a day, brings shaking, sweating, anxiety, low mood or a restless irritability.
- Earlier help, such as a clinic visit, a counsellor or a stay somewhere else, worked for a while and then slipped.
- The family has started arranging life around the problem: hiding keys, checking phones, covering for them at work.
How a 90-day stay at Salus works
Every stay starts with understanding the person. In the first days a medical review, a psychiatric assessment and a psychological assessment lead to a diagnosis, and the diagnosis decides the therapy. Care and medical oversight run 24 hours a day, and a Salus Clinician works alongside medical care to plan recovery across six areas of life. The plan is reviewed every week.
01
Assessment on arrival
A medical review, a psychiatric assessment and a psychological assessment. The medical team manages withdrawal safely and comfortably before therapy begins in earnest.
02
Restore, then connect
The first weeks centre on sleep, food, routine and safety. Therapy follows, drawn from SFBT, CBT, REBT, motivational interviewing and trauma-focused work, and family sessions begin.
03
Participate in recovery
Your Salus Clinician plans activity, skills and community across physical, mental, emotional, social, environmental and spiritual life. Progress follows readiness, not the calendar.
04
Integrate and go home
Leaving is planned from the first week. Guests go home with a written aftercare plan and continued support, and families are part of that plan.
Ninety days, residential, in Cyberjaya.
A private room, all meals, 24-hour care with medical oversight, individual and group therapy, family sessions and a written plan for going home. One price, with nothing added later.
90 days
Four phases: Restore, Connect, Participate, Integrate
RM7,000 per month
All-inclusive
What is the difference between private rehab and a government programme?
In Malaysia, government treatment for drug addiction is run by the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK). Its voluntary centres, known as PUSPEN S, accept people who come in themselves or are referred by family, friends or employers, and AADK says no legal action is taken against clients who attend. An amendment to the Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983 took effect on 22 August 2025 and widened access to drug users, not only those who are dependent.
Private residential rehab is the other route. You choose the centre, the length of stay is set in advance, and treatment can cover alcohol and medicines as well as drugs. Neither route is wrong. The right one depends on the person, the substance, how quickly you need to start and what your family can afford.
What should a good addiction treatment centre in Malaysia be able to tell you?
Ask who is clinically responsible for your family member, and ask for a name. Ask what happens in the first three days, who looks after withdrawal, and what happens if someone is unwell at 2am. A serious centre assesses the person before it describes a programme, and answers these questions without hesitation.
Then ask whether low mood, anxiety, trauma and sleep are treated in the same plan, how long the stay is and why, what the fee covers in writing, how families are involved and what support exists after discharge. Finally, ask to visit. Look at where people sleep and eat, and listen to how staff speak to guests.
Is Salus the right place, and can I get there from where I live?
Salus is for people whose drinking, drug use or use of medicines has taken over, often with low mood, anxiety or poor sleep underneath. It suits someone willing to try, even reluctantly after a hard family conversation. If an assessment shows that someone needs hospital care first, for example for dangerous alcohol withdrawal, we will say so.
The retreat is in Cyberjaya, Selangor, south of Kuala Lumpur and near Putrajaya, so families in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya can visit and join family sessions. If you are elsewhere in Malaysia, the first conversation can happen by phone or WhatsApp, and you are welcome to travel with your family member on arrival.
Questions families ask.
How much does private rehab cost in Malaysia?
RM7,000 per month, all-inclusive, which is about RM21,000 for 90 days and covers accommodation, meals, medical oversight, individual and group therapy, family sessions and aftercare. Private centres vary widely, so ask any centre for its figure in writing and what is left out. Payment plans can be discussed at Salus, and the call is confidential with no obligation.
How long does rehab take, and why 90 days?
The Salus programme is 90 days. The US National Institute on Drug Abuse says most people need at least three months in treatment to reduce or stop use significantly, and that longer stays give better results. Movement through the four phases, Restore, Connect, Participate and Integrate, follows readiness.
Should my family member stop drinking or using before they come?
Please do not stop suddenly before a medical assessment, especially with alcohol or sedative sleeping pills, because withdrawal from these can be dangerous. Call us first. Our medical team manages withdrawal safely and comfortably, and if the assessment shows hospital care is needed before a residential stay, we will tell you.
What if they do not want help?
That is common at the start. You do not need their agreement to call us, and many families phone first. Say what you have seen and how it makes you feel, rather than listing what they have done wrong, and keep the door open. Sometimes a clinician's voice lands differently from a relative's.
What happens after the 90 days?
Leaving is planned from the first week. Guests go home with continued counselling, a support group and a written plan for the months ahead, and families take part in that planning. Your Salus Clinician helps build the routines, activity and community that recovery needs once the person is back in ordinary life.
Is a stay at Salus confidential?
Yes. The first call is confidential and there is no obligation. At the retreat itself, a guest is a guest of the hotel, and the care team alone holds clinical information. Family hear how things are going when the guest agrees.
The clinical team behind Solace Asia.
Salus is part of Solace Wellbeing Group, which opened Solace Asia in 2014. It shares Solace's clinical leadership, methods and advisory board of senior Malaysian psychiatrists and clinicians, in a residential setting designed to cost less.
2014
Solace Asia founded
5,000+
Patients treated across the group
90
Days in the programme
Other conditions we treat.
- PerakDrug rehab Perak
- JohorDrug rehab Johor
- SelangorPrivate drug rehab Selangor
- Kuala LumpurDrug rehab Kuala Lumpur
- AlcoholAlcohol addiction treatment
- DrugsDrug rehabilitation centre
- Syabu and iceSyabu addiction treatment
- Heroin and opioidsHeroin and opioid treatment
- KetumKetum addiction treatment
- Prescription medicinesPrescription medicine addiction
- GamblingGambling addiction treatment
- Gaming and internetGaming and internet addiction
- Mood and dependenceDual diagnosis treatment
- OCDOCD and addiction treatment
Insights
Further reading
How to choose a rehabilitation centre in Malaysia: ten questions to ask before you decide
Private rehab in Malaysia is unregulated in ways that surprise families. These ten questions separate a clinical programme from a nice building.
4 min readHow much does rehab cost in Malaysia? A straight answer, including ours
Private residential treatment in Malaysia ranges widely. Here is what drives the price, what should be included, and why Salus is RM7,000 a month.
3 min readWhy ninety days? What the research says about how long recovery takes
Three months is not an arbitrary number. Here is the evidence behind a 90-day programme, and what happens inside it.
3 min read
Sources
- 1National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK), Pusat Pemulihan Penagihan Narkotik Sukarela (PUSPEN S)
- 2Bernama, voluntary drug treatment under the AADK programme and the amended Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983, effective 22 August 2025
- 3NIDA, Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: how long does treatment take
- 4Cleveland Clinic, Alcohol Withdrawal: Symptoms, Treatment and Timeline
- 5UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Drug Safety Update, 8 January 2026: benzodiazepines and dependence, tapering under medical supervision
This page is general information, not medical advice, and does not replace an assessment by a qualified clinician. If someone is in immediate danger, call 999.
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