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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Heroin injection is a significantly more efficient means of administering the drug and delivers more intense effects than smoking or snorting.
  • Marijuana cigarettes or blunts sometimes contain other substances besides marijuana, such as crack cocaine.
  • In 2012, Heroin caused the most drug deaths in New Hampshire, followed by Oxycodone and Methadone.

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 regarding level of care, as the individual will be able to keep their lifestyle in several ways without the commitment of needing to be in a rehab center while undergoing rehab services. Even if this might appear perfect it might not provide the much needed change of atmosphere than lots of people in recovery have to have to experience a productive rehab.

Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders

Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse problems are what are recognized in the field of drug and alcohol rehabilitation as dual diagnosis clients. These clients must deal with both disorders whilst in rehabilitation to find resolution simply because one usually exacerbates the other. Fortunately, there are many drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities who can specifically hone in on the issues that persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse issues face to be able to not just become abstinent but mentally stable and also able to lead a much higher quality lifestyle and not feel the need to self medicate with drugs and alcohol.

Criminal Justice Clients

Criminal justice clients get into rehab as part of a court ruling to satisfy part of their sentencing for any drug offense. Criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment often receive reduced sentences, fines etc. when cooperating with drug and alcohol rehab requirements enforced on them in sentencing and particularly of course when successfully graduating an alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired are often prone to alcoholism and drug abuse as a result of challenges their impairment impose on them. While discovery of this problem is often difficult among the hearing impaired, you will find ASL and also other assistance services readily available for them when substance abuse rehabilitation is required. Besides ASL, such services can sometimes include assistive listening tools and captioned video materials to ensure that deaf and hearing impaired people are receiving the help they require in drug and alcohol rehab.

Spanish

Not all drug and alcohol treatment centers have the staff or resources to cater to the demands of Spanish speaking clients, but thankfully there are more and more centers that are able to do so because the necessity for Spanish services is higher than any other time. Counselling, study info and stuff like that are actually frequently obtainable in Spanish in both long and short terms programs which provide inpatient or residential rehab and outpatient Spanish rehabilitation is available too nationwide.

Self Payment

Self Payment is necessary when a person's insurance won't pay for the total cost of treatment or will only cover some of it. In these cases, it may seem like a drawback but people in fact have a much more leverage simply because they can select whichever program they want without the limitations from health insurance companies that so many individuals encounter. Likewise, rehabilitation facilities will frequently provide payment assistance for individuals whose only option is self payment to help them get into treatment.

Medicaid

Certain treatment centers will take Medicaid in the event the individual cannot self pay or present some other form of private medical health insurance. Medicaid might pay for outpatient and short-term rehab inside a limited amount of facilities, and in this case individuals may want to explore the self pay option and come up with up any resources they're able to to fund a more quality rehab center which will get better results, such as a long-term residential drug treatment facility.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can receive rehabilitation at drug treatment facilities which provide either inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation if the center is in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the authorization of their Medicare appointed doctor, who must help out with setting up the individual's rehabilitation plan. Inpatient solutions are covered through Medicare Part A, with up front costs being similar to any other kind of hospital stay, and outpatient rehab being paid for through Medicare Part B.

State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid)

State financed insurance other than Medicaid may be used to cover the costs of drug rehabilitation if other forms of insurance or self payment aren't an option. If a person doesn't have private insurance and doesn't yet know whether they may be eligible for state insurance, they can talk with their Social Services office in their area to ascertain if they are and then fill out an application. The majority of state financed insurance will take care of both outpatient and inpatient rehab, but typically only within the state which offers the insurance plan.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which plan you are covered by, all private health insurance plans generally cover some kind of drug and alcohol rehab service which range from outpatient treatment to inpatient or residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers. Individuals may have to participate in a drug rehab program that's in their network of providers and there can be other limitations such as how long their stay in rehabilitation is covered. Individuals can pick a quality center they prefer and meet with a treatment specialist to find out if their insurance covers it.

Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)

Military insurance including VA and Tricare does cover the price of particular substance abuse rehabilitation solutions. Detoxification services, outpatient and inpatient facilities and also partial hospitalization are all covered by military insurance, although military members may require pre-authorization in which case they can speak with their VA or Tricare representative. There might be some restrictions regarding just how long a stay in inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation is allowed, and all of these questions can be answered prior to starting rehabilitation so that it is clear just how long and individual can remain in the rehab center of preference.

Sliding Fee Scale

A sliding fee scale is a payment assistance option made available from numerous drug treatment programs in order to help individuals pay for rehab where this might not have been doable initially. By way of example, one client's price for treatment might be different and less than another person whose finances are better which makes them better able to pay the full expense of rehab. Registrars take into consideration additional factors apart from income including amount of dependents to determine the ultimate cost using the sliding scale.

  • Tompkins County Mental Health Services
    Tompkins County Mental Health Services is located at:

    201 East Green Street
    Ithaca, NY. 14850

    If you would like to contact Tompkins County Mental Health Services, you can reach them at 607-274-6200.

    Tompkins County Mental Health Services offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Criminal Justice Clients, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired, Spanish
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid), Private Health Insurance, Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare), Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income And Other Factors)