Lakewood Comprehensive Treatment Ctr - WCHS Inc

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

They do not, and neither does anywhere else listed around Lakewood. Withdrawal management and treatment are often two separate admissions, and this is one of those times.

They take court referrals, which usually means they are used to the reporting side of it. Courts in Lakewood send people to places set up for it rather than to any opening.

They work in 1 language beyond English: Sign language. Ask whether the group sessions in Lakewood are in it too, or only the one to one ones.

They do video appointments, which matters if Lakewood is a drive for you.

Some programs have a prescriber on site and some rely on yours, which is worth knowing in advance. Where a program has no prescriber, your own doctor stays in charge of what you take. Call (844) 822-5800 if a specific prescription is the thing making this complicated.

There is no fixed length. What is on offer tends to be a 30, 60 or 90 day program. The 28 day figure comes from what insurers once reimbursed rather than from anything about how recovery works. Ask how many hours a week an outpatient program actually takes, because it varies widely.

A wait quoted on the phone is an estimate of a queue that moves, rather than a date you can plan around. Many programs start the admissions paperwork during the wait, so the day a bed opens is not spent on forms. Ask what is available this week, not just what the program is.