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

They detox from alcohol. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 2 of the 8 centers near Bethesda offer one at all.

The nearest other center is under a mile away, in Bethesda, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

One of their programs is built for veterans, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is one of the 9 named here.

Yes. They treat people in Spanish. Confirm it for the first appointment specifically, because in Bethesda that can depend on who is rostered that day.

Depression, anxiety, trauma and attention disorders turn up constantly alongside substance use. A diagnosis made while someone is still using can be wrong, so assessment often waits until after detox. Ask what happens to your current psychiatric medication during the program.

A program treats the fact that you are there as confidential by default, including from whoever is paying. A release of information is how that changes, it is signed by you, and it can name one person and one purpose. Ask for a copy of whatever release you sign, and read what it covers.

Identification, insurance card, medications in their original labeled containers, and a week of ordinary clothes. An outpatient program needs almost none of this, just the documents and the appointment time. Ask what the phone rule is in the first week specifically, not in general.