Maryhaven Inc

They are set up for 2 levels: inpatient residential and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Columbus, 2 offer a bed.

No detox here. A center can still take someone after a detox elsewhere, which is the common order of events, and the nearest one is under a mile away in Columbus.

One of their programs is built for people who are pregnant or just postpartum, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is one of the 3 named here.

They treat people in Sign language as well as English, which is worth confirming before a first visit because Columbus has 8 other centers and not all of them do.

They take older adults as well as young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64. Ask who reviews existing prescriptions, because that is the part that matters most for an older adult in Columbus.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone. Medication and counseling together is the standard of care for opioid use rather than an either or, and not every place near Columbus offers both.

Compare what each program provides rather than how each one describes itself. Paying a marketing company for referrals is common in this field, so who answers the phone is not always who treats you. Ask what happens if somebody wants to leave partway through, because the answer says a lot about how a place is run.

A mental health condition alongside substance use does not make somebody a difficult admission. An integrated program handles both with one team, which removes the handover where people get lost. Ask whether there is a psychiatrist or a prescriber on the team, and how often you would see them.