Lloyd C Elam Mental Health Center - Meharry Medical College

They provide inpatient residential, inpatient hospital, outpatient, telemedicine and detox, which is the whole of what this address in Nashville is set up for.

They provide detox for 3 substances: opioids, alcohol and benzodiazepines. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Nashville has 8 other centers.

They offer treatment in Sign language. Whether that means a counselor who speaks it or an interpreter is worth asking, and Nashville has 8 other centers to ask.

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Nashville.

They take mandated treatment. What paperwork the court wants back is between you and whoever ordered it, and Nashville has 8 other centers if the dates do not work.

Family sessions, education evenings and a visiting schedule are the usual shape of it. Where children are involved, some programs can keep a parent and child together and most cannot. Ask what exists for a relative who is not ready to sit in a room with the person using.

Anything from a week to a year, depending on what is being treated and how. Longer time in treatment is associated with better outcomes, which is why the step down to outpatient care matters. If you can only be away for a fixed period, say so at the start rather than partway through.

Sometimes, and it depends far more on the level of care than on the center. Widening the search past your own county usually shortens the wait, because availability is uneven between neighboring areas. Ask to be put on a cancellation list as well as the main one.