Bergen County Dept of Health Servs

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 Paramus is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They do not, and neither does anywhere else listed around Hackensack. Withdrawal management and treatment are often two separate admissions, and this is one of those times.

Older adults, plus young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64. Ask how the groups are arranged in Hackensack, because a wide age range often still means one room.

They work in Spanish as well as English. Ask whether the group sessions in Hackensack are in Spanish too, or only the one to one ones.

There are 8 more within a short drive of Hackensack, so this does not have to be the only call you make.

Expect questions rather than a sales pitch, and expect them to be direct. If you have been through treatment before, what did not work is useful information rather than a mark against you. Have your insurance card and a list of medications next to you.

The difference is where you sleep. Inpatient means you stay at the center, outpatient means you travel in for sessions. Outpatient care is a fraction of the cost and is the level most people are treated at. Call (844) 822-5800 and someone can walk through which level fits before you start ringing centers.

Medication assisted treatment means a prescribed medicine is part of the plan, alongside counseling rather than instead of it. Buprenorphine and methadone both act on the same receptors as other opioids, which is precisely why they hold withdrawal off. Ask whether counseling is included or billed separately, because the combination is the point.