Fairview Recovery Services

They are set up for 1 level: inpatient residential. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Minneapolis, 1 offers a bed.

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

They work in 1 language beyond English: Sign language. Ask whether the group sessions in Minneapolis are in it too, or only the one to one ones.

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

Minneapolis has 558 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

Prescriptions are usually kept going, and changing one is a decision for a prescriber rather than a policy. Anything needing a blood test or a monthly injection has to be scheduled around the program, which is easier arranged before admission. Take the labeled containers rather than a week of loose pills in an organizer.

Having both is the ordinary case, and the programs built for it are described as integrated. A program that tells you to come back once the mental health side is handled has effectively declined to treat you. Bring any existing diagnosis and the name of whoever is treating it.

Residential care is a bed and a program. Outpatient care is a schedule of appointments. A clinician settles this on risk, history and circumstances, and the assessment is a single appointment. Ask whether the center offers the middle levels or only a bed and a weekly appointment.