Toxicology Associates Inc

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

They detox from opioids. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and none of the 8 centers near Corpus Christi offer one at all.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. Ask whether the groups are split by age, because in Corpus Christi that can mean one mixed room rather than several.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Corpus Christi.

They prescribe methadone. Medication and counseling together is the standard of care for opioid use rather than an either or, and not every place near Corpus Christi offers both.

Plenty of programs accept referrals from a court, a probation officer or a child welfare agency. A program that is not approved by the relevant court will not satisfy the order, however good it is. Tell the program about the deadline in the order at the start, not near it.

Depression, anxiety, trauma and attention disorders turn up constantly alongside substance use. An integrated program treats both in one place. A sequential one treats the substance use first, which leaves a gap. Ask whether both conditions are handled by one team or passed between two.

The rule covers the first phone call too, before you are a patient and whether or not you ever become one. Who sees a record inside a program is also limited, usually to the team treating you. Ask what a program would say if somebody rang it asking about you.