County of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/Alcohol Services - San Luis Obispo California

County of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/Alcohol Services - San Luis Obispo, CA

County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services is treatment center located at 277 South Street, Suite T in the 93401 zip code in San Luis Obispo, CA that offers medication-assisted substance use treatment. It accepts people with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, transitional age young adults and people with trauma into its treatment service. Some of the treatment approaches used by County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services consist of motivational interviewing, substance use counseling and brief intervention. County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services also offers detox services and offers alcohol detox and opioid detox.

Address: 277 South Street, Suite T, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

  1. Types of Care
  2. Service Settings
  3. External Opioid Medications Source
  4. Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  5. External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  6. Pharmacotherapies
  7. Treatment Approaches
  8. FacilityOwnership
  9. License/Certification/Accreditation
  10. Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
  11. Payment Assistance Available
  12. Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported
  13. Assessment/Pre-treatment
  14. Screening & Testing
  15. Transitional Services
  16. Ancillary Services
  17. Detoxification
  18. Counseling Services and Education
  19. Tobacco/Screening Services
  20. Facility Smoking Policy
  21. Age Groups Accepted
  22. Gender Accepted
  23. Services for deaf
  24. Additional Spoken Languages

Here are the full facility listing details on County of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/Alcohol Services in San Luis Obispo, CA:

Types of Care at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Detoxification
  • Substance use treatment
  • Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Settings at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient detoxification
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

External Opioid Medications Source at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Personal physician/health care provider

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Personal physician/health care provider

Pharmacotherapies at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Medications for psychiatric disorders

Treatment Approaches at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • brief intervention
  • cognitive behavioral therapy
  • contingency management/motivational incentives
  • motivational interviewing
  • matrix Model
  • relapse prevention
  • substance use counseling
  • trauma-related counseling
  • 12-step facilitation

FacilityOwnership at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • the local government

License/Certification/Accreditation at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • State substance abuse agency
  • State department of health
  • State mental health department

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use programs
  • Medicaid
  • Cash or self-payment

Payment Assistance Available at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • teenagers
  • transitional age young adults
  • veterans
  • court/judicial system clients
  • people with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders
  • people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Screening for substance use

Transitional Services at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education

Ancillary Services at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • case management
  • housing services
  • mental health services
  • transportation assistance
  • mentoring/peer support

Detoxification at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • alcohol detox
  • opioid detox

Counseling Services and Education at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • individual counseling
  • group counseling
  • family counseling
  • substance use education
  • hepatitis education, counseling and support
  • HIV and AIDS education, support and counseling
  • health education services

Tobacco/Screening Services at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • adults
  • children and adolescents
  • young adults

Gender Accepted at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • women
  • men

Services for deaf at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages at County Of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Drug/alcohol Services

  • Spanish

Phone #: 805-781-4754

Call (866) 434-2077 for 24/7 help with treatment.

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