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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Like any intravenous drug users, heroin users who inject the drug risk exposing themselves to the immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and C, and other serious types of blood-borne viruses.
  • Sometimes the bottles used to produce meth using the "shake and bake" method explode, badly burning the meth cook and anyone else in the line of fire.
  • On some college campuses, abuse of prescription stimulants is as high as 25%.

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 low end of the spectrum of rehabilitation solutions with regards to level of care, because the individual is able to keep their lifestyle in many ways without the commitment of having to stay in a treatment center while receiving rehab services. While this might appear ideal it might not provide the much needed change of environment than many individuals in recovery have to have to experience a successful rehab.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired are often prone to alcoholism and drug abuse due to the challenges that their impairment impose on them. While discovery of this issue can be hard among the hearing impaired, you can find ASL as well as other assistance services readily available for them when substance abuse rehab is needed. Apart from ASL, such services can sometimes include assistive listening equipment and captioned video resources to ensure that deaf and hearing impaired individuals are obtaining the support they need in alcohol and drug rehabilitation.

Spanish

Not all drug and alcohol rehab programs have the staff or wherewithal to focus on the needs of Spanish speaking clients, but fortunately there are more and more programs that will do so because the need for Spanish services is higher than any other time. Counselling, study information and so on are actually very often obtainable in Spanish in both long and short terms centers which provide inpatient or residential treatment and outpatient Spanish rehabilitation is available too nationwide.

Other Languages

In each and every city in America there is someone experiencing drug use that isn't necessarily fluent in English, who may require rehabilitation in whatever language it is they are fluent in so that their needs can be catered to properly while in rehabilitation. Thankfully, there are many drug treatment centers which have counselors on staff who speak other languages to make drug and alcohol treatment the very best experience possible for any individual. Simply look for a top quality drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility and find out if it is feasible to receive rehabilitation in other languages.

Self Payment

Self Payment is necessary when a person's insurance isn't going to pay for the entire cost of rehab or will only cover part of it. In these cases, it may seem like a drawback but people really have a great deal of leverage due to the fact they can choose whichever facility they would like without the limitations from health insurers that so many individuals encounter. Likewise, rehab programs will frequently offer payment assistance for individuals whose only option is self payment to help them get into treatment.

Medicaid

Some treatment centers will take Medicaid if the individual cannot self pay or present any other form of private health insurance. Medicaid may possibly pay for outpatient and short-term rehabilitation in a limited amount of facilities, and in such cases individuals might want to investigate the self pay option and drum up any resources they can to cover a more quality treatment center which will produce better results, such as a long-term residential alcohol and drug rehab facility.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can seek rehab at alcohol and drug treatment programs which deliver either inpatient or outpatient rehab if the program is included in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the consent of their Medicare appointed doctor, who must help in establishing the person's treatment strategy. Inpatient solutions are covered through Medicare Medicare Part A, with out of pocket costs being similar to any other kind of hospital stay, and outpatient rehab being covered through Medicare Medicare Part B.

Sliding Fee Scale

A sliding fee scale is a payment assistance possibility provided by a number of drug rehab programs in order to help clients afford rehabilitation where this may not have been doable originally. By way of example, one client's price for rehab may be different and lower than another individual whose financial situation is better making them better able to pay the full price of rehab. Registrars take into consideration additional factors besides income including amount of dependents to determine the ultimate cost using the sliding scale.

Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)

Many drug rehab programs provide payment assistance to help individuals who might not have enough resources to self pay for treatment or whose medical insurance won't supply coverage or full coverage for their stay. For instance, Sometimes insurance only pays for a short-term facility when in actuality a long-term facility will probably be the more appropriate choice. To find out what payment assistance may be offered, such as a sliding fee scale, check with the facility for details.

  • Merced County Mental Health
    Merced County Mental Health is located at:

    1471 B Street
    Livingston, CA. 95334

    If you would like to contact Merced County Mental Health, you can reach them at 209-394-4032.

    Merced County Mental Health offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired, Spanish, Other Languages
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income And Other Factors), Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)