NorthStar Regional

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

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Chaska, under a mile away.

Chaska has 17 NA meetings too, and most people end up using both.

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them under a mile away in Chaska.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Chaska.

Having both is the ordinary case, and the programs built for it are described as integrated. A diagnosis made during active use is often revised later, so an early label is not the final word. Ask how often you would see a prescriber, not only whether one exists.

For many people the medication is what makes the rest of the treatment possible, rather than a replacement for it. How long someone stays on a medication varies from months to years, and that decision belongs with a prescriber. Ask how long the medication is expected to continue, and who reviews it.

The documents matter: identification, insurance details, and anything a prescriber has written for you. Most residential programs search bags on arrival and hold anything they do not allow until you leave. Put the medication list together before anything else, and include doses and who prescribed them.