Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches - DBA Ctr for Alcohol and Drug Studies

They treat people at inpatient residential, outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Outpatient keeps you at home and working, and a residential stay takes you out of the place you were using in.

They detox from opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines, so the first stage and the treatment after it can happen in one place rather than across two trips to Lake Worth.

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

Lake Worth has 31 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

They prescribe 2 medications: buprenorphine and naltrexone. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Lake Worth.

The list should include anything stopped recently, because a recent change matters as much as a current dose. Stopping a psychiatric medication abruptly can cause real harm, which is why this is never a decision to make alone. Write the list with doses and prescriber names before the first call.

Depression, anxiety, trauma and attention disorders turn up constantly alongside substance use. Psychiatric medication and treatment medication can usually be managed together by the same team. Bring the existing diagnosis and the name of whoever currently treats it.

Outpatient care usually starts within days. A residential bed can be immediate or weeks out. Many programs start the admissions paperwork during the wait, so the day a bed opens is not spent on forms. Call (844) 822-5800 and someone can check several programs at once rather than one at a time.