University of Alabama at Birmingham Beacon Recovery

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
• outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• intensive outpatient treatment
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• In-network prescribing entity
• Personal physician/health care provider

Type Of Treatment:

• buprenorphine maintenance
• suboxone prescription
• naltrexone administration
• relapse prevention from naltrexone
• methadone/buprenorphine for pain management

Pharmacotherapies:

• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders

Treatment Approaches:

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

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State mental health department

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

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

Payment Assistance Available:

• Payment assistance
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• teenagers
• adult women
• pregnant and postpartum women
• adult men
• dual diagnosis treatment
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

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

Screening & Testing:

• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• Case management
• Early intervention for HIV
• Housing services
• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Transportation assistance
• Mentoring/Peer support

Counseling Services and Education:

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

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• children / teenagers

Gender Accepted:

• women
• men

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available