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University of Alabama at Birmingham Beacon Addiction Treatment Center is a substance use treatment center located in Birmingham, AL.
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- Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
- Recovery Treatment Approaches
- Cognitive behavioral therapy. Patients actively participate in therapy sessions to learn how to modify or replace negative thought patterns. The sessions can include one-on-one therapy, groups, and family involvment.
- Dialectical behavior therapy. A cognitive behavioral treatment approach with two key characteristics: a behavioral, problem-solving focus blended with acceptance-based strategies, and an emphasis on dialectical processes.
- Substance use counseling approach. This short-term treatment involves encouraging individuals to openly discuss their personal experiences which leads to greater self-awareness and an enhanced ability to work through relationship issues.
- Trauma-related counseling. A treatment approach for PTSD clients and other effects of trauma or abuse. Therapy utilizes cognitive behavior techniques that are adapted for the specific needs of these clients.
- Rational emotive behavioral therapy. REBT is a personalized treatment plan that helps individuals identify and replace maladaptive behaviors, attitudes, and emotions that are self-defeating.
- Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.
- Community reinforcement plus vouchers. Helps patients work on improving family relations while also ungoing vocational training and other skills training that are crucial to maintaining abstinence. Participants receive incentives such as vouchers that can be exchanged for retail items.
- Relapse prevention. Relapse prevention utilizes several CBT modalities that help individuals maintain abstinence by changing the maladaptive behaviors that play a role in their addiction.
- Anger management. Seeks to help patients develop strategies to better manage the anger cycle and improve conflict resolution. Also seeks to reduce emotional and physiological responses to anger.
- Matrix Model. Provides support and guidance by trained therapists to help patients remain in treatment and develop the skills to cease drug use.
- Brief intervention. Substance abusers who are not yet dependent will benefit from a short-term intervention that consists of one to five sessions.
- Contingency management/motivational incentives. Provides a positive-reinforcement approach to treatment for drug and alcohol abusers. Patients receive rewards in recognitition of their accomplishments toward recovery.
- Motivational interviewing. A treatment approach that seeks to help a person become motivated to change the behaviors that prevent them from making healthier choices in life. Patients also learn to manage the anger or hostility that interferes with their ability to make changes.
- Service Settings (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient etc.)
- Outpatient treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment facility or hospital.
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment.
- Intensive outpatient treatment that is similar to ASAM Level II.1, 9 or more hours per week.
- Regular outpatient treatment that is similar to ASAM Level I, outpatient treatment, non-intensive.
- License/Certification/Accreditation
- Licensed by the state substance abuse agency.
- Licensed by the state mental health department.
- Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)
- Private non-profit organization
- Special Programs/Groups Offered
- Adolescents
- Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.
- Pregnant/postpartum women
- Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for adult women.
- Adult men
- Persons who have experienced trauma
- Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced sexual abuse.
- Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Assessment and Pre-treatment
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Counseling Services and Education
- Individual counseling offered
- Group counseling offered
- Family counseling offered
- Marital and couples counseling offered
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
- Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
- Substance abuse education
- Type of Opioid Treatment
- Relapse prevention from naltrexone
- Buprenorphine used in Treatment
- Use methadone/buprenorphine for pain management or emergency dosing. This facility uses methadone or buprenorphine for pain management, emergency cases, or research purposes. It is NOT a federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program OTP.
- Naltrexone used in treatment
- Prescribes/administers buprenorphine
- Pharmacotherapies
- Naltrexone (oral)
- Extended-release, injectable Naltrexone (Vivitrol®)
- Medications for psychiatric disorders
- Disulfiram (Antabuse®)
- Buprenorphine with naloxone (Suboxone®)
- Buprenorphine without naloxone
- Transitional Services
- Aftercare/continuing care
- Discharge Planning
- Ancillary Services
- Early Intervention of HIV which assures that there is early detection and treatment of HIV which prevents an onset of full-blown AIDS and other infections.
- Housing Services offered to assist individuals in finding and maintaining appropriate and affordable housing arrangements.
- Mental Health Services which provides an assessment, diagnosis, treatment or counseling to assist an individual or group in alleviating mental or emotional illness.
- Consumer-run (peer-support) Services are run by mental health consumers and provide support services, such as social clubs, peer-support groups, and other peer-organized or consumer-run activities.
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
- Case Management provides a case manager for clients and families to monitor their needs and become their advocate and assistant for any services needed.
- Payment, Insurance, and Funding Accepted
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid is accepted. Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.
- Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs
- Payment Assistance Available
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors). Variable prices for services based on a person’s ability to pay.
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details).
- Screening and Testing
- Drug or alcohol urine screening
- HIV testing
- Screening for mental health disorders
- Screening for substance use
- TB screening
- Tobacco and Screening Services
- Screening for tobacco use
- Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling
- Nicotine replacement therapy
- Facility Smoking Policy
- Smoking permitted in designated area.
- Age Groups Accepted
- This facility accepts children and adolescents who exhibit co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.
- This facility accepts all young adults through programs which are tailored to co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.
- This facility accepts all adults for treatment.
- Gender Accepted
- Female
- Male
- Language Services
- Services for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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