Inpatient & Outpatient

SAMHSA: Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (findtreatment.samhsa.gov) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) was established by Congress in 1992 to improve the quality and availability of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment services for substance abuse and mental illnesses. One of their projects was the creation of the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator, a database of drug and alcohol treatment programs in the U.S. The Locator includes more than 11,000 addiction treatment programs, including residential treatment centers, outpatient treatment programs, and hospital inpatient programs for drug addiction and alcoholism. Organized by state, the database can then be searched by city or zip code. Under the “List Search” option, facilities can also be found in a specific city, a specific county, in one or more zip codes, in one or more States, in the entire United States, or by facility name.

Recovery Resources Online (www.soberrecovery.com) Provides access to a wide range of treatment approaches and recovery assistance. There are links to inpatient and outpatient treatment centers, rapid detoxification centers, 12-step programs such as Narcotics Anonymous and Cocaine Anonymous, and online recovery support meetings which provide direct, 24/hour a day support. There is also a useful section on recovery books and audio tapes.

Serious medical safety and efficacy issues have been raised by some medical experts about rapid detoxification.

Inpatient

Addiction Resource Guide (www.addictionresourceguide.com) This online listing of licensed inpatient treatment facilities is organized by facility name, state, type of program (psychiatric, long term residential, etc.) and special populations (age, gender, etc.). It provides a good level of information on each facility and is updated regularly.

Addiction Resource Guide for Impaired Professionals (www.addictionresourceguide.com/specpop/special.html )
This section of the web site covers treatment programs geared to impaired professionals, including lawyers and judges, clergy, and health care professionals. Treatment centers with separate programs, special tracks and group sessions for professionals are included.

Sober Housing

Oxford House (www.oxfordhouse.org) Oxford House, a publicly supported, nonprofit corporation, is a network of drug free, democratically run and self-supporting houses or apartment complexes. It was established in 1975 to serve as the next step in the process of alcohol and drug recovery, focusing on sober community living as an effective and low cost method of preventing relapse. The web site provides an online state directory of all facilities, over 800 in the U.S. today.

Mental Health Practitioners

There are many psychological illnesses such as mood and anxiety disorders as well as psychological traumas such as physical and sexual abuse that often predispose a person to addiction. Optimal treatment for these persons includes psychiatric treatment and/or psychotherapy.

AMA Physician Select (www.ama-assn.org) To locate a psychiatrist in your area that specializes in addiction or to check practice and biographical details on a psychiatrist to whom you have been referred, please be patient and follow these instructions.

From the home page choose "Doctor Finder", then click on "Search for a Physician". Click on "Accept", and you can then search by either "Physician Name" or "Medical Specialty". If you select "Medical Specialty", scroll down to Search from an Expanded list of Medical Practice Specialties, select "Addiction Medicine" from the list, and then fill in state, city and/or zip code and click on the "Search" button at the bottom of the page. This should provide a list of addiction psychiatrists in your selected area.

National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)
(www.naadac.org/documents) NAADAC is the professional membership organization and the nation's largest network of alcoholism and drug abuse treatment professionals. Click on Substance Abuse Professionals (SAPs) to locate by state or practitioner name physicians, psychologists, social workers or alcoholism and drug abuse counselors credentialed by NAADAC or the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium.

National Registers Online Searchable Database (www.nationalregister.com)
This online guide provides a searchable directory of psychologists with various specialties and specialty board certifications by geographic area. The database covers psychologists who are certified in substance addiction by The College of Professional Psychology of the American Psychological Association Practice Organization. While the database requires a paid subscription for professionals, they offer a limited number of queries free to the general public.

After registering by selecting a username and password, you can select to search either by geographic area or by practitioner name. For a geographic search, under Area of Expertise select Substance-Related Disorder, under Specialty Board Certification select CPP, then choose your geographic area by city, state or zip code.

Methadone

Addiction Treatment Forum (www.atforum.com) This web site focuses on the use of methadone in treating opioid addiction. It features a Methadone Clinical Locator by state. Facility name, address, phone and fax are provided. It also includes reports on substance abuse and addiction research, regularly updated news reports, frequently asked questions, resources and links to related web sites.

Many people have benefited enormously from methadone. For others, methadone has intolerable side effects such as depression and cognitive impairment. Some people abuse methadone.