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They are set up for 3 levels: inpatient residential, detox and telemedicine. Of the 7 centers within 14 miles of Yuba City, 2 offer a bed.

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

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 7 centers near Yuba City differ on it.

They take court referrals, which usually means they are used to the reporting side of it. Courts in Yuba City send people to places set up for it rather than to any opening.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 7 centers near Yuba City, not all of them do.

Most people in treatment have something else going on as well, and the good programs expect it. An integrated program treats both in one place. A sequential one treats the substance use first, which leaves a gap. Ask whether there is a psychiatrist or a prescriber on the team, and how often you would see them.

It starts with a short assessment: the substance, the pattern, your health, and where you live. The call can be made by a relative, and intake lines deal with that constantly. If the call goes badly, call somewhere else. They are not all the same.

It depends which level of care you are asking about, because they run on different clocks. Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient sit between residential and standard outpatient care, at a few hours a day. Ask what happens on the last day, and what gets arranged before it.