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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Extensive studies indicate that babies born to mothers who abuse cocaine during pregnancy are often prematurely delivered, have low birth weights and smaller head circumferences, and are often shorter in length.
  • Ecstasy is used in party setting because it produces feelings of increased energy, euphoria, emotional warmth and empathy toward others, and distortions in sensory and time perception.
  • Street names for Fentanyl include Apache, China girl, China white, dance fever, friend, goodfella, jackpot, murder 8, TNT, as well as Tango and Cash.

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 services are on the lower end of the spectrum of rehabilitation services in terms of level of care, because the individual can preserve their lifestyle in several ways with no commitment of having to stay in a rehab center while receiving rehabilitation services. Even if this may seem perfect it might not provide the required change of surroundings than many people in recovery have to have to experience a successful rehabilitation.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Individuals with co-occurring mental and drug use disorders are what are known in the field of drug and alcohol rehab as dual diagnosis clients. These individuals must handle both disorders during rehab to find resolution because one often triggers the other. Luckily, there are several drug rehabilitation centers that can specifically address the issues that persons with co-occurring mental and drug use disorders face so that they can not merely become sober but mentally stable and also able to lead a much better quality lifestyle and never wish to self medicate with drugs and alcohol.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired can often be prone to alcoholism and substance abuse as a result of challenges their impairment impose on them. While discovery of the problem can be difficult among the hearing impaired, you can find ASL and also other assistance services readily available for them when drug abuse rehab is needed. Apart from ASL, such services can sometimes include assistive listening tools and captioned video resources so that deaf and hearing impaired individuals are obtaining the help they need in drug and alcohol treatment.

Self Payment

Self Payment is needed when someone's insurance won't pay for the entire cost of rehab or will only cover some of it. In these cases, it may seem like a drawback but individuals in fact have a much more leverage because they can select whichever facility they would like without the restrictions from health insurers that so many individuals encounter. Likewise, rehab programs will frequently offer payment assistance for people whose only choice is self payment to enable them to get into rehab.

Medicaid

Some rehabilitation centers will take Medicaid when the individual is unable to self pay or present another type of private health insurance. Medicaid may only cover outpatient and short-term rehabilitation within a limited amount of programs, and in this instance individuals may choose to explore the self pay option and drum up any resources they are able to to fund a more quality treatment facility which will get better results, such as a long-term residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can seek rehab at drug rehabilitation programs which provide either inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation when the center is included in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the approval of their Medicare appointed doctor, who must help out with setting up the individual's rehab plan. Inpatient services are covered through Medicare Medicare Part A, with out of pocket costs being the same as any other kind of hospital stay, and outpatient rehab being paid for through Medicare Part B.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which program you are covered by, all private medical health insurance plans typically cover some kind of drug and alcohol rehabilitation service ranging from outpatient rehabilitation to inpatient or residential alcohol and drug rehab programs. Individuals could have to take part in a drug treatment facility which is inside their network of providers and there can be other restrictions such as how long their stay in rehab is covered. Individuals can choose an excellent program they like and consult with a rehab counselor to determine if their insurance will cover it.

  • Lurline Smith Mental Health Center
    Lurline Smith Mental Health Center is located at:

    900 Wilkinson Street
    Mandeville, LA. 70448

    If you would like to contact Lurline Smith Mental Health Center, you can reach them at 985-624-4450.

    Lurline Smith Mental Health Center offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, 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