Central Minnesota Mental Health Ctr

They offer inpatient residential, outpatient, detox and telemedicine. The practical difference is whether you sleep at home or at the center, and are 8 other centers inside 14 miles if neither suits.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and none of the 8 centers near Saint Cloud offer one at all.

One of their programs is built for veterans, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is one of the 13 named here.

They treat both. A diagnosis left untreated while the substance use is treated is the usual reason a first attempt does not hold, and Sartell is the nearest place to try instead if this one does not fit.

They treat adolescents. A program built for a 17 year old is not the same program as the adult one, so ask which of the two they offer in Saint Cloud.

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Saint Cloud.

Nothing should change without a prescriber looking at it, and a good program works that way. A prescribed sedative is the usual complication and needs a plan built around it. Ask who writes your prescriptions after discharge, because a gap at that point is a common problem.

Addiction treatment records carry a stronger legal protection than the rest of a medical file. Where an employer is funding treatment, it is normally told that you attended and not what was discussed. Ask what a program would say if somebody rang it asking about you.