Dorchester County Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Types of Care:

• substance use treatment
• dual diagnosis treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Settings:

• outpatient treatment
• intensive outpatient treatment
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• Other contracted prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix Model
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach
• trauma counseling

Facility Ownership:

• the local government

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use programs
• Medicaid
• Military insurance
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment

Payment Assistance Available:

• Payment assistance
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• teenagers
• adult women
• adult men
• judicial clients
• domestic violence victims

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for substance use

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• Case management
• Domestic violence services
• Mental health services
• Mentoring/Peer support

Other Addictions Treatment:

• Treatment for gambling disorder

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• family counseling
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• HIV and AIDS education, counseling and support

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• adults
• children / teenagers

Gender Accepted:

• women
• men

Exclusive Services:

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish