Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Substance Use Disorders Services

They offer inpatient residential, inpatient hospital, outpatient, telemedicine and detox. The practical difference is whether you sleep at home or at the center, and are 8 other centers inside 14 miles if neither suits.

They provide detox for 5 substances: opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and East Orange has 8 other centers.

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them under a mile away in Orange.

They offer a program for veterans. Whether they bill the VA is a separate question, and the answer differs between places even inside East Orange.

They treat both. Depression and anxiety alongside a substance are common rather than unusual, and one place handling the two together beats two handling one each. East Orange has 8 other centers if this one cannot.

Nearly every plan includes something for this, and the detail is in which level of care it will approve. Coverage for detox is normally a separate question from coverage for the treatment that follows it. Get any authorization in writing, with the number of days it covers.

The rule covers the first phone call too, before you are a patient and whether or not you ever become one. Employers and courts normally receive attendance rather than clinical content. Ask for a copy of any release you sign, and read what it covers.

A previous attempt is information rather than a mark against you. Programs will usually ask what happened last time, and the answer shapes what they offer. Ask what this program does differently from the one you tried before.