Intensive Specialty Hospital

They offer inpatient hospital, outpatient, telemedicine, inpatient residential and detox. 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. Coming off alcohol without medical supervision can be dangerous, which is why it matters that this is one of 2 places near Shreveport that do it.

Shreveport has 69 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

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

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

They treat seniors. Interactions with the medications an older adult is already taking are the usual reason it matters, so ask who reviews them in Shreveport.

The useful questions are the ones answerable with a fact: who prescribes, what the schedule is, what follows it. Referral services and treatment providers both answer the phone, and knowing which you reached changes the call. Ask what kind of person this program is not right for. A good answer exists.

Treatment often counts as a medical reason for leave, with the detail of the condition staying between you and a clinician. An employer is generally entitled to dates and a clinician's confirmation, not to a diagnosis. Ask whether the program can start on a date that fits a leave request.