Lafayette Behavioral Health Unit - Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Ctr

They provide inpatient hospital, telemedicine and detox. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Scott is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They detox from opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 1 of the 8 centers near Lafayette offers one at all.

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

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

They do not prescribe it. Ask them who they refer to, because somewhere among the 8 centers near Lafayette will.

They offer treatment in Sign language. Whether that means a counselor who speaks it or an interpreter is worth asking, and Lafayette has 8 other centers to ask.

Aftercare is whatever holds the weeks after a program ends, and it is the part people most often skip. Alumni programs exist at many centers and are usually free to people who went through them. Ask what the alumni side of it involves, because it is often the most useful free thing on offer.

Nobody can give you a real number from a listing page alone, including us. County behavioral health departments fund treatment directly in many places, and that route is invisible from a search. It is worth asking about a sliding scale even where nothing is advertised.