Alternatives Life Improvement Ctr Inc - Charleston Office

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Charleston is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in North Charleston, under a mile away.

They treat mental health alongside the substance use, so both sides are handled in one place. Ask whether the psychiatric side is on site, because in North Charleston that is the part that varies.

Yes. Court ordered treatment is one of the things they take, and one of 6 things they offer a named program for.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near North Charleston differ on it.

They do not prescribe it. Ask them who they refer to, because somewhere among the 8 centers near North Charleston will.

It ranges from nothing at all, in a state funded program, to figures that need a payment plan. Nonprofit and faith based programs sometimes cost a fraction of commercial rates, with longer waits attached. Ask for the figure per week as well as per program, because extensions are billed by the week.

Outpatient programs run early and late for exactly this reason, so many people are treated without taking leave. Colleges handle this through a medical leave process, which normally leaves a better record than an incomplete semester. Find out whether the center deals with human resources departments directly.