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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Major heroin withdrawal symptoms typically peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose has been administered, and wane after about a week.
  • More than half a million visits to hospital emergency rooms a year are drug-related.
  • Long-term studies of high school students and their patterns of drug use suggest that very few young people use other illegal drugs without first trying marijuana.

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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Outpatient

Outpatient solutions are on the bottom end of the spectrum of treatment services in terms of intensity of care, for the reason that individual will be able to preserve their lifestyle in several ways with no commitment of having to be in a rehab facility while receiving treatment services. Even if this might seem ideal it may not provide the much needed change of environment than lots of people in recovery need to experience a successful rehab.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired are often predisposed to alcoholism and substance abuse as a result of challenges that their impairment impose on them. While detection of the problem is often difficult among the hearing impaired, you can find ASL and other assistance services designed for them when substance abuse rehab is required. Apart from ASL, such services may include assistive listening tools and captioned video resources so that deaf and hearing impaired individuals are obtaining the help they need in alcohol and drug rehabilitation.

Spanish

Not all alcohol and drug rehab centers have the staff or resources to focus on the needs of Spanish speaking clients, but thankfully there are more and more facilities that will do so because the necessity for Spanish services is higher than ever before. Therapy, study info and stuff like that are actually frequently accessible in Spanish in both short and long terms facilities which provide inpatient or residential rehab and outpatient Spanish rehabilitation is also available nationwide.

Self Payment

Self Payment is needed when a person's insurance won't cover the total cost of rehab or will only cover part of it. In these instances, it may seem like a drawback but people really have a great deal of leverage due to the fact they can decide on whichever program they would like without the limitations from health insurance providers that so many men and women encounter. Likewise, rehab facilities will usually offer payment assistance for people whose only option is self payment to enable them to get into rehab.

Medicaid

Some rehab facilities will take Medicaid if the individual cannot self pay or present some other type of private medical insurance. Medicaid might cover outpatient and short-term rehab inside a limited amount of centers, and in cases like this individuals might want to investigate the self pay alternative and drum up any resources they can to pay for a more quality rehab facility that will get better results, like a long-term residential drug rehabilitation program.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can receive rehab at drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs which deliver either inpatient or outpatient rehab when the center is in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the authorization of their Medicare appointed physician, who must help in setting up the individual's treatment strategy. Inpatient services are provided through Medicare Part A, with out of pocket costs being similar to any other type of hospital stay, and outpatient rehab being paid for through Medicare Medicare Part B.

State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid)

State financed insurance other than Medicaid may be used to cover the expense of drug rehabilitation if other forms of insurance or self payment are not a choice. If a person doesn't have private insurance and doesn't yet know whether they might qualify for state insurance, they should consult their Social Services office within their area to figure out if they are and then apply. Most state financed insurance will handle both outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation, but generally only inside the state which provides the insurance plan.

  • Cnty of San Diego Behav Health Servs
    Cnty of San Diego Behav Health Servs is located at:

    3177 Ocean View Boulevard
    San Diego, CA. 92113

    If you would like to contact Cnty of San Diego Behav Health Servs, you can reach them at 619-595-4400.

    Cnty of San Diego Behav Health Servs offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired, Spanish
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid)