Asian Community Mental Health Services
Asian Community Mental Health Services in Oakland, CA focuses on outpatient mental health treatment for adults, adolescents, and children. They cater to diverse linguistic needs and offer various community resources.
Available services include both individual and group counseling.
- Programs are offered in multiple languages, such as Cantonese, Japanese, and Korean.
- Therapeutic approaches include CBT, DBT, and other evidence-based methods.
- Coverage by major insurers may be available for mental health and addiction recovery services.
This facility treats various addictions and mental health disorders. Their services are tailored to individuals, including trauma therapy. Both outpatient and inpatient treatments are available, ensuring comprehensive care for diverse community needs.
- 3 Conditions Treated
- 2 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 10 Therapies & Programs
Conditions and Issues Treated
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction is one of the most common forms of addiction California. Opioids include drugs like heroin, oxycontin and fentanyl. They are prescribed to treat pain, but they are often abused and they are addictive. The addiction is treated by detoxing the body, so it no longer needs the chemicals in the drugs. This is followed up by therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Drug Rehab, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An Outpatient Rehab Program is a part-time drug rehab program for treating individuals in Oakland, CA with mild addiction or mild-to-moderate drug withdrawal symptoms. It generally requires about 10 to 12 hours every week.
Doctors can administer on-the-spot medication to ease withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, increased heart rate, and even depression. Groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) can be used as a part of outpatient treatment to help maintain sobriety.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy refers to one-on-one psychotherapy between a patient and their Asian Community Mental Health Services therapist. Individual therapy seeks to help identify the issues that drive and contribute to a client’s addiction or alcoholism. Another goal of individual counseling is to assist the client to learn how to manage their lives without alcohol or drugs.
Therapy for couples decreases unhealthy behavior in a relationship that can trigger addiction. Either, or both, members of the couple will be improved by this. This treatment administered by Asian Community Mental Health Services still targets addiction and can also make a relationship healthier through a variety of methods.
Group therapy occurs in a group setting as opposed to a one on one setting. It benefits patients by providing a feeling of support and letting them know they are not alone. Patients at Asian Community Mental Health Services also learn to build trust and understanding and gain perspective through discussions.
After experiencing trauma, it’s crucial to look for a facility that can provide trauma therapy. This approach zeroes in on the traumatic incidents that a patient has encountered in the past, recent or not. It’s been widely known that trauma can make an individual resort to alcohol or other substances to mask their troubles and pain. Trauma can originate from domestic violence, sexual abuse, an early encounter with death, sexual assault, and many more. The goal of trauma therapy at Asian Community Mental Health Services in Oakland, CA is to help the patient see beyond the trauma and move forward. Mental health professionals will facilitate the patient’s journey and see to it that he or she is no longer a victim of his or her traumatic experiences and has wholly regained his or her personal power.
Most individuals suffering from addiction have low self-awareness, so they end up making poor decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is suitable for patients recovering from an addiction of any kind. Through it, patients become more aligned with their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, giving them a better opportunity to respond appropriately to temptations and negative feelings.
This therapy modality at Asian Community Mental Health Services in Oakland, CA strengthens a person’s ability to stay on top of their emotional state and learn new stress management techniques so they won’t give in to the temptations easily. Moreover, CBT helps people communicate and express their emotions well, which can be vital in relapse management. CBT is also suitable for managing co-occurring disorders like depression and bipolar illness.
Payment Options
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Location & Contact
310 8th St
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone Number
(510) 869-6000
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Oakland, California Addiction and Treatment
More than 3 million of California's citizens are addicted to illegal drugs. Almost 800,000 people use hard drugs, almost 5 million use marijuana, and another 2.1 million abuse alcohol every year. Other substance abuse issues such as binge drinking and teen drug use are also common. Many illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana are smuggled into the state from Mexico.
Oakland's a city where outdoor lovers flock to Lake Merritt while art aficionados immerse themselves in the Oakland Museum of California. Yet amidst its vibrancy, opioid overdose deaths surged 40% from 2019 to 2020, with fentanyl contributing to over 71% of drug overdose fatalities nationwide in 2021. Emergency room visits for non-fatal overdoses saw a staggering 28.5% spike between 2018 and 2020.
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