Avita Community Partners Dawsonville MH/SA Clinic

Avita Community Partners Dawsonville MH/SA Clinic

Services:
License/Certification/Accreditation
• State mental health department
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• State Substance use treatment agency

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Adolescents
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Adult women
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Young adults

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment

Pharmacotherapies

• Disulfiram
• Medication for mental disorders

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

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

Testing

• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• TB screening
• HIV testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• STD testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Ancillary Services

• Social skills development
• Mental health services
• Transportation assistance
• Early intervention for HIV
• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Children/Adolescents

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Treatment Approaches

• Brief intervention
• Trauma-related counseling
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Anger management
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Relapse prevention

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Education and Counseling Services

• Individual counseling
• Family counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Marital/couples counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Group counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Substance use disorder education

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private for-profit organization

Type of Care

• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Cash or self-payment

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Employment counseling or training
• Assistance with obtaining social services

Transitional Services

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for tobacco use
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for mental disorders
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment