Clement J Zablocki VAMC - Mental Health Division

They are set up for 5 levels: inpatient residential, inpatient hospital, outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Milwaukee, 2 offer a bed.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Coming off alcohol without medical supervision can be dangerous, which is why it matters that this is one of 1 places near Milwaukee that do it.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Milwaukee.

They treat both. Confirm it for the specific diagnosis rather than in general, because transitional services and recovery support services covers a lot of ground and Milwaukee may have a narrower service than a bigger city would.

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

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 8 named here.

They normally continue, and a prescriber reviews the whole list rather than applying a rule to it. 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.

A recurrence is a reason to adjust the plan rather than evidence that treatment is pointless. What was learned the first time usually shapes a better plan the second. Ask whether medication is on the table this time if it was not before.