Altus Rehab

They provide inpatient residential, detox and telemedicine. The nearest alternative is in Tarzana, 1.5 miles away, if you want something to compare it against.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids, so the first stage and the treatment after it can happen in one place rather than across two trips to Encino.

Older adults, plus young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64. Ask how the groups are arranged in Encino, because a wide age range often still means one room.

They offer a program for veterans, which is worth confirming on the call rather than assuming. A named program and one with a place free this month are different things, and Encino has 8 other centers to ask.

Spanish is one of 3 languages they work in beyond English, alongside Hebrew and Russian, which is a wider range than most of Encino.

Having both is the ordinary case, and the programs built for it are described as integrated. Psychiatric medication and treatment medication can usually be managed together by the same team. Bring the existing diagnosis and the name of whoever currently treats it.

Returning to use after treatment is common enough that programs are built expecting it. A return to use that followed a move, a job loss or a death is a different problem from one with no obvious trigger. Ask what is arranged for the weeks after discharge specifically.

Documents and medication first. Everything else is a comfort question. An outpatient program needs almost none of this, just the documents and the appointment time. Ask what the phone rule is in the first week specifically, not in general.