Diagnosing substance abuse or addiction depends on determining more than simply physical symptoms of abuse. Our counselors use a series of both physical and behavioral diagnostic criteria to determine if you have an addiction. These criteria may include:
- Inability to meet your obligations and responsibilities with family, friends, or at work
Relationships with your family or friends are suffering and affected
Health financial or legal issues occurring due to substance abuse or addiction - Inability to cease using a substance or inability to stop participating in an unhealthy activity
- Physical tolerance to a substance
- Occurrence of withdrawal symptoms when a substance or activity is dropped
- Using a substance more than intended (substance is taken in larger amounts over a larger amount of time than intended)
- A great deal of time is spent trying to obtain a substance, use it, or recover from its effects
- Important social, occupational, or recreational activities are given up or reduced because of the use
- Continued use despite physical or psychological problems exacerbated by the use of a substance
- Recurrent substance abuse use in situations that are physically hazardous
- Legal problems because of use
- If you think you may have a substance abuse issue, dependence, or personality disorder.
Priority admission and treatment preference is offered to pregnant injecting drug users, other pregnant women with a substance abuse issue, and injecting drug users.
Programs and Treatement
If you think that you or a family member has a substance abuse or addiction issue, you can come into one of our clinics and talk with someone who will listen. We will help you determine a treatment path that best meets your needs. We will recommend the level of care and curriculum that provides you with the support you need to be successful. A level of care refers to the depth of your treatment needs. A curriculum ensures that your treatment plan is thorough and follows a schedule from an initial diagnosis through a recovery path and follow-up.
Individuals and families will be assisted by the appropriate behavioral health professionals, which may include addiction counselors, physicians, social workers, family therapists and case managers. These professionals will work with you to provide the comprehensive health services you need.
Services
An Assessment, which provides a comprehensive evaluation of your needs, assessing problem areas including family, legal, medical, social, psychological, financial, and addiction. Along with the following:
- Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment
- Intensive or Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment
- Referral to Outpatient Individual Mental Health Counseling if needed
- Referral to Outpatient Psychiatric Services within the clinic
- Referral to pharmacy and medication management within the clinic
- Substance Abuse Education and court-mandated classes
- Referrals to primary care medical services
- We serve as a Medicaid Application Center and a Voter Registration Center
- We partner with a gambling addiction service provider
- Prevention services
- Outpatient substance abuse individual and group counseling
- Intensive outpatient substance abuse group counseling