About the Facility
DC Department of Behavioral Health is a behavioral and mental health facility located in the Washington, DC, area that specializes in addiction recovery services for youth and adults. They also offer support and treatment for adolescents and adults who are struggling with drug or alcohol abuse.
A range of treatment and support services for children, youth, and their families are available, including specialized evidence-based practices for youth and families recovering from trauma, requiring emergency care, or involved in ongoing treatment. Ongoing treatment includes individual, group, and family counseling, diagnostic assessment, medication management, and family support.
Intensive Day Treatment is an acute treatment program that serves as an alternative to acute inpatient treatment or as a step-down service from inpatient care. It is rendered by an interdisciplinary team to stabilize psychiatric impairments. It includes psychiatric, medical, nursing, social work, occupational therapy, medication and somatic treatment, and psychology services focusing on timely crisis intervention and psychiatric stabilization so that individuals can return to their normal daily lives.
Day Services include cognitive-behavioral interventions and diagnostic, psychiatric, rehabilitative, psychosocial, counseling, and adjunctive treatment. Day Services are offered most often in group settings and may be provided individually.
DC Department of Behavioral Health may accept major insurance providers such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, and United Healthcare. Contact your insurance provider to verify coverage and any out of network benefits that may apply.
Treatment
Mental Health
Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
Insurance and Financial
- Medicaid
- Financial aid
- Financing available
Programs
- Adult program
- Elderly program
- Hearing impaired program
- Program for men
- Program for women
- Young adult program
Levels of Care
Outpatient
Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.
Clinical Services
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Group Therapy
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
Individual Therapy
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Contact
35 K street Ne
Washington DC, 20002