Behavioral Health Group - Paducah Treatment Center

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Metropolis is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No, and nothing else within 14 miles of Paducah offers one either, so that part will mean a longer drive or a referral.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. Anyone outside that range is worth a call rather than an assumption, and Paducah has 8 other centers to try.

They prescribe methadone and buprenorphine, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Paducah, not all of them do.

They take court referrals, which usually means they are used to the reporting side of it. Courts in Paducah send people to places set up for it rather than to any opening.

There is normally a family component, and it is one of the better questions to ask when comparing two places. Visiting is usually restricted in the first week and opens up later. Ask what exists for a relative who is not ready to sit in a room with the person using.

Expect questions rather than a sales pitch, and expect them to be direct. Where a program is not the right fit, a decent intake worker will say so and name somewhere else. Ask what happens between the call and the first day, and who is responsible for each part.

Often, and treatment frequently qualifies as medical leave rather than something you have to explain in detail. A phased return on reduced hours is a normal accommodation, and it is easier to agree before the leave than after it. Ask whether a schedule outside working hours exists before ruling treatment out.