Turning Point Inc - Outpatient

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. The nearest alternative is in Fair Lawn, about a mile away, if you want something to compare it against.

They handle detox for alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Ask how many days theirs lasts, because that varies more between places than people expect and Paterson has 8 other centers to compare.

Paterson has 27 NA meetings too, and most people end up using both.

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them a few streets away in Paterson.

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

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Paterson, not all of them do.

Anything from a week to a year, depending on what is being treated and how. Two centers quoting the same number of days can mean very different hours of treatment inside them. Ask what the criteria for leaving are, because some programs have them written down.

Residential care is a bed and a program. Outpatient care is a schedule of appointments. A clinician settles this on risk, history and circumstances, and the assessment is a single appointment. Ask what the step down from residential care looks like at that center.