RiverValley Behavioral Health

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

They do not detox. Withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines in particular is a medical event, and the closest place set up for it is in Rockport, 8.8 miles away.

They prescribe naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 3 centers near Lewisport, not all of them do.

Yes. They treat ages 12 to 17, which only a minority of centers do. Lewisport has 3 other centers, and an age range is the first thing to confirm on the call.

3 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them 7.4 miles away in Tell City.

They offer a program for court referrals, which is worth confirming on the call rather than assuming. A named program and one with a place free this month are different things, and Lewisport has 3 other centers to ask.

Prescriptions are usually kept going, and changing one is a decision for a prescriber rather than a policy. Stopping a psychiatric medication abruptly can cause real harm, which is why this is never a decision to make alone. Ask who to speak to if something needs changing mid program.

The questions are much the same wherever you call, because every intake line is screening for the same few things. A family member can make the call and answer much of this, though some questions only the person using can answer. Describe what is happening rather than the manageable version of it.