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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Individuals in methadone maintenance programs also often try and sell a dose of their methadone to someone else for heroin or other opiates, making the drug in demand on the illicit market.
  • Long-term meth user negatively affects the dopamine system in the brain and central nervous system, which often results in reduced motor skills and impaired verbal learning.
  • Ecstasy is often used among urban gay and bisexual men as part of a multiple-drug experience that includes cocaine, GHB, methamphetamine, ketamine, and the erectile-dysfunction drug Viagra.

Addiction-treatment-center.jpgOnce you have decided to make a change and get help for your addiction problem, the next step is to explaore your treatment facility options. Keep in mind that there is no one-size fits all facility. The most effective way to find an appropriate treatment program that meets your particular needs is to speak with an addiction treatment professional who can assess your specific situation and give you various treatment facility options based on your exact needs. We can help you with this. Simply call our Drug Treatment Help-Line at 1-877-683-7818 and you will be connected to an addiction treatment specialist who can help you find the correct treatment program for you.

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Hospital Inpatient

Hospital inpatient services are available to anyone that should be safely managed through detoxification services when intensely dependent to drugs, or who needs a broader spectrum of care such as somebody who is dealing with a dual diagnosis so also requires mental health services as part of their treatment process. You will find both short-term and long-term hospital inpatient services available.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Individuals with co-occurring mental and drug abuse problems are what are known in the field of drug rehab as dual diagnosis clients. These clients must deal with both disorders whilst in rehabilitation in order to find resolution because one usually triggers the other. Luckily, there are lots of drug treatment facilities who can specifically address the issues that persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders face to be able to not just become sober but mentally stable and also able to lead a much better quality lifestyle and not wish to self medicate with drugs and alcohol.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired are often prone to alcoholism and substance abuse due to the problems that their impairment impose on them. While detection of the problem can often be difficult among the hearing impaired, there are ASL and also other assistance services designed for them when substance abuse treatment is necessary. Aside from ASL, such services can sometimes include assistive listening equipment and captioned video resources so that deaf and hearing impaired folks are receiving the support they need in drug rehabilitation.

Self Payment

Self Payment is needed when someone's insurance isn't going to pay for the total cost of rehab or will only cover some of it. In these instances, it may seem like a drawback but people actually have a great deal of leverage because they can select whichever program they would like without the limitations from health insurers that so many men and women face. In addition, treatment centers will usually offer payment assistance for individuals whose only choice is self payment to enable them to get into rehabilitation.

Medicaid

Certain rehab centers will take Medicaid if the individual is unable to self pay or present any other form of private medical insurance. Medicaid might pay for outpatient and short-term treatment in a limited amount of programs, and in cases like this individuals may wish to explore the self pay option and come up with up any resources they can to pay for a more quality treatment center which will get better results, like a long-term residential drug and alcohol rehab facility.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can seek rehabilitation at drug rehab centers which provide either inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation if the program is included in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the approval of their Medicare appointed doctor, who must assist in setting up the individual's treatment strategy. Inpatient services are covered through Medicare Medicare Part A, with up front costs being similar to any other kind of hospital stay, and outpatient treatment being covered through Medicare Medicare Part B.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which program you are covered by, all private medical health insurance plans generally cover some sort of alcohol and drug treatment service ranging from outpatient rehab to inpatient or residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities. Individuals could have to participate in a drug and alcohol treatment center that is in their network of providers and there might be other restrictions including the amount of time their stay in rehab is covered. Individuals can choose a good facility they prefer and speak with a rehabilitation counselor to ascertain if their insurance will cover it.

  • Baldpate Hospital
    Baldpate Hospital is located at:

    83 Baldpate Road
    Georgetown, MA. 1833

    If you would like to contact Baldpate Hospital, you can reach them at 978-352-2131.

    Baldpate Hospital offers the following treatment services: Hospital Inpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private Health Insurance