United Neighborhood Health Services - Nashville Tennessee

United Neighborhood Health Services - Nashville, TN

United Neighborhood Health Services is treatment center located at 526 8th Avenue South in the 37203 zip code in Nashville, TN that offers medication-assisted treatment for addiction. It accepts adult women, transitional age young adults and seniors and older adults into its treatment service. United Neighborhood Health Services provides suboxone prescription, buprenorphine maintenance and relapse prevention from naltrexone to adults and young adults. Some of the treatment approaches used by United Neighborhood Health Services consist of brief intervention, relapse prevention and matrix Model.

Address: 526 8th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203

  1. Types of Care
  2. Service Settings
  3. Opioid Medications used in Treatment
  4. Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  5. Type Of 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. Counseling Services and Education
  18. Medical Services
  19. Tobacco/Screening Services
  20. Facility Smoking Policy
  21. Age Groups Accepted
  22. Gender Accepted

Here are the full facility listing details on United Neighborhood Health Services in Nashville, TN:

Types of Care at United Neighborhood Health Services

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

Service Settings at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Buprenorphine used in Treatment
  • Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Does not use medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • buprenorphine maintenance
  • suboxone prescription
  • naltrexone administration
  • relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Medications for psychiatric disorders
  • Medications for HIV treatment
  • Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
  • Clonidine

Treatment Approaches at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • anger management
  • brief intervention
  • cognitive behavioral therapy
  • motivational interviewing
  • matrix Model
  • rational emotive behavioral therapy
  • relapse prevention
  • substance use counseling
  • trauma-related counseling
  • 12-step facilitation

FacilityOwnership at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • State substance abuse agency
  • The Joint Commission
  • National Committee for Quality Assurance

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use programs
  • IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military insurance
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Payment Assistance Available at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Payment assistance
  • Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • transitional age young adults
  • adult women
  • pregnant/postpartum women
  • adult men
  • seniors and older adults
  • people with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders

Assessment/Pre-treatment at United Neighborhood Health Services

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

Screening & Testing at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing
  • Screening for Hepatitis B
  • Screening for Hepatitis C
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Screening for substance use
  • STD testing
  • TB screening
  • Testing for metabolic syndrome

Transitional Services at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • case management
  • early intervention for HIV
  • housing services
  • mental health services
  • social skills development
  • transportation assistance
  • mentoring/peer support

Counseling Services and Education at United Neighborhood Health Services

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

Medical Services at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Hepatitis A vaccination
  • Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Nicotine replacement therapy
  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • adults
  • young adults

Gender Accepted at United Neighborhood Health Services

  • women
  • men

Phone #: 615-227-3000

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

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  1. Supervised Administration: Methadone treatment is typically provided through opioid treatment programs (OTPs) or clinics where patients receive a daily dose of methadone under the supervision of healthcare professionals. This helps reduce the risk of misuse and overdose.

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