Jefferson Center for Mental Health

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

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Wheat Ridge, under a mile away.

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

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Wheat Ridge, not all of them do.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Wheat Ridge often still has to be in person.

Compare the specifics, because almost every center describes itself in the same words. A center that asks you a lot of questions before recommending anything is behaving correctly. If a place pressures you to commit on the call, that is information.

Your id, your card, your prescriptions, and the name of anyone the center is allowed to speak to. The usual banned list covers alcohol, anything containing it such as mouthwash, aerosols, sharp items and outside food. Write the medication list before you pack anything, with the doses and who prescribed them.

There is usually a way to do this that does not cost you the job, and it is worth asking before assuming. A phased return on reduced hours is a normal accommodation, and it is easier to agree before the leave than after it. Read what your own policy says before you tell anybody anything.