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They provide outpatient and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Seattle is set up for.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Seattle, 2.3 miles away.

Yes, they treat 65 and over, which is less common than it should be and rarer still outside a city the size of Seattle.

They do not prescribe. If buprenorphine or methadone is part of what you need, say so on the call and ask who they refer to in Seattle.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Seattle differ on it.

Both get treated together at the programs that do this properly, by one team. Whether a psychiatrist sits on the team, and how often you would see one, separates programs here. Bring the existing diagnosis and the name of whoever currently treats it.

Outpatient care usually starts within days. A residential bed can be immediate or weeks out. Many programs start the admissions paperwork during the wait, so the day a bed opens is not spent on forms. Ask what the fastest route into treatment is this week, and take that answer seriously.

Documents and medication first. Everything else is a comfort question. Arrival normally involves a bag search, and the list of what is not allowed is longer than people expect. Ask what to do about prescriptions and mail arriving at home while you are away.