Innovative Behavioral Services Inc

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 Jackson is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Ridgeland, under a mile away.

They take court referrals, so a program ordered by a court in Ridgeland is something they handle.

Yes. They treat ages 12 to 17, which only a minority of centers do. Ridgeland has 8 other centers, and an age range is the first thing to confirm on the call.

Ridgeland has 2 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

There is normally a family component, and it is one of the better questions to ask when comparing two places. What a center can tell a family member is limited by privacy law, and that limit holds even for a parent of an adult. Ask what the family part of the program is called and who runs it, because that shows how seriously it is treated.

One program can take somebody today while another in the same town is a month out. A wait for residential care is not a wait for all care, and the lower levels often start sooner. Ask what you should do in the meantime, because a good program will have an answer.

Treatment often qualifies for job protected medical leave, though the rules depend on the employer's size and your length of service. An employer generally needs the dates and a clinician's confirmation rather than the condition itself. Ask the program for a date it will confirm in writing, because a leave request needs a date rather than an intention.