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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Snorting cocaine can result in a chronically runny nose, nosebleeds, loss of smell, hoarseness, and problems swallowing.
  • Prescription stimulants are commonly abused because of how easily they are accessed, and can be obtained easily through friends and family, direct prescriptions from a physician, or a prescription "drug dealer." However, the most common source of prescription stimulants is the medicine cabinets of the individual's friends and family.
  • As of 2010, marijuana was used by nearly 80% of current illicit drug users.

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 solutions regarding intensity of care, as the individual is able to maintain their lifestyle in many ways with no commitment of needing to stay in a rehabilitation center while receiving rehab services. Even if this might seem ideal it will not provide the much needed change of atmosphere than many people in rehab need to have a productive rehabilitation.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Persons with co-occurring mental and drug abuse disorders are what are known in the field of drug and alcohol rehab as dual diagnosis clients. These individuals must tackle both disorders while in rehabilitation to find resolution because one typically triggers the other. Fortunately, there are numerous drug rehabilitation centers who are able to specifically hone in on the issues that persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse issues face to be able to not merely become abstinent but mentally stable and also able to lead a much higher quality lifestyle and not want 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 due to challenges that their impairment impose on them. While discovery of the issue can often be difficult among the hearing impaired, you will find ASL and also other assistance services readily available for them when substance abuse rehab is necessary. Besides ASL, such services can include assistive listening tools and captioned video materials so that deaf and hearing impaired individuals are obtaining the support they need in drug and alcohol treatment.

Self Payment

Self Payment is necessary when a person's insurance won't pay for the total cost of rehabilitation or will only cover part of it. In these instances, it may seem like a drawback but individuals actually have a great deal of leverage simply because they can choose whichever program they would like without the limitations from health insurers that so many individuals encounter. In addition, rehabilitation facilities will usually offer payment assistance for people whose only option is self payment to enable them to get into treatment.

Medicaid

Certain rehabilitation programs will take Medicaid if the individual is not able to self pay or present another form of private medical health insurance. Medicaid may possibly pay for outpatient and short-term rehabilitation within a limited amount of centers, and in this instance individuals might want to investigate the self pay option and come up with up any resources they are able to to fund a more quality rehabilitation program that will get better results, such as a long-term residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation program.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can receive rehabilitation at drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs which provide either inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation if the facility is included in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the approval of their Medicare appointed physician, who must help in establishing the person's rehab plan. Inpatient services are covered through Medicare Part A, with out of pocket costs being exactly like any other kind of hospital stay, and outpatient rehabilitation being covered through Medicare Medicare Part B.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which plan you are covered by, all private medical insurance plans generally cover some kind of drug and alcohol rehabilitation service ranging from outpatient rehab to inpatient or residential drug treatment centers. Individuals might have to participate in a drug and alcohol rehab facility that is inside their network of providers and there may be other restrictions such as how long their stay in rehabilitation is covered. Individuals can pick an excellent facility they prefer and meet with a treatment specialist to ascertain if their insurance covers it.

Sliding Fee Scale

A sliding fee scale is a payment assistance option made available from numerous alcohol and drug treatment programs in order to help individuals afford rehab where this may not have been doable initially. For instance, one client's fee for treatment could possibly be different and lower than another individual whose finances are better which makes them better able to spend the money for full expense of rehab. Registrars take into consideration variables in addition to income including number of dependents to ascertain the final cost using the sliding scale.

Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)

Many drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs provide payment assistance to help individuals who may possibly not have enough resources to self pay for rehab or whose medical insurance won't provide coverage or total coverage for his or her stay. As an example, Occasionally insurance only covers a short-term facility when in actuality a long-term facility will be the more ideal selection. To determine what payment assistance can be offered, for instance a sliding fee scale, seek advice from the facility for details.

  • Margaret Dumas Mental Health Center
    Margaret Dumas Mental Health Center is located at:

    3843 Harding Boulevard
    Baton Rouge, LA. 70807

    If you would like to contact Margaret Dumas Mental Health Center, you can reach them at 225-359-9315.

    Margaret Dumas 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, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income And Other Factors), Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)