Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Ctr
Treatment center
At a glance
- Address
- 909 South 2nd Street, Hiawatha, KS 66434
- Levels of care
- OutpatientTelemedicine
- Ages served
- Youth (Ages 12-17)Young Adults (Ages 18-25)Seniors (Ages 65+)
- Languages
- Sign language
Detox and medication
Detox
- Not offered: Opioids
- Not offered: Alcohol
- Not offered: Benzodiazepines
- Not offered: Methamphetamines
- Not offered: Cocaine
Medication assisted treatment
- Offered: Buprenorphine
- Offered: Naltrexone
- Not offered: Methadone
Services and programs
Services
Meetings in Hiawatha
Treatment and fellowship meetings do different jobs, and most people end up using both.
Questions people ask about Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Ctr
Is Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Ctr inpatient or outpatient?
They provide outpatient and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Hiawatha is set up for.
Can you detox at Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Ctr?
They do not, and neither does anywhere else listed around Hiawatha. Withdrawal management and treatment are often two separate admissions, and this is one of those times.
Which languages does Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Ctr offer treatment in?
They work in 1 language beyond English: Sign language. Ask whether the group sessions in Hiawatha are in it too, or only the one to one ones.
Does Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Ctr prescribe buprenorphine or methadone?
They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Hiawatha.
Does Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Ctr offer appointments by video?
They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Hiawatha often still has to be in person.
What are the warning signs of a bad program?
The things worth comparing are the ones a program can answer with a fact rather than an adjective. Any place promising a specific outcome is telling you something about itself rather than about treatment. If a place pressures you to commit on the call, that is information.
Is there a sliding scale?
Figures vary so widely between programs that an average would mislead you more than it helps. Some centers hold a small number of funded places and do not advertise them, so the question is worth asking out loud. Ask what the daily rate becomes if coverage stops before the program does.
How long would I be in a program?
Anything from a week to a year, depending on what is being treated and how. Stepping down through levels of care takes longer in total and tends to hold better than one intensive block alone. Ask whether detox time counts inside the program length or is added to it.