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Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis

Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis

Drug Rehab Center in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

Gulf Coast Mental Health Center – Saint Louis is an accredited addiction treatment facility in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, providing drug rehabilitation and aftercare support services for individuals suffering from alcohol, opioid, and other substance abuse addictions, and dual diagnosis.

About This Bay Saint Louis, MS Facility

The Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi offers a full range of mental health services in order to help individuals and families who are dealing with emotional and behavioral challenges. The center provides outpatient services, including individual and family therapy, medication management, and crisis management services. The compassionate professionals at the center strive to provide the highest quality of care with respect and dignity to each individual.

The center provides specialized treatment for individuals who are dealing with addiction and substance abuse. Their services include evidence-based therapies and group therapy sessions, as well as assessments and interventions tailored to the needs of each individual. Additionally, the center is accredited by the Joint Commission and is licensed by the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. They also offer outpatient addiction treatment which includes treatment planning, relapse prevention education, and case management. They also offer a variety of recreational therapy activities and supportive services to assist individuals in the recovery process.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • Hearing-Impaired
  • Accreditations

    State License

    CARF

    The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Substance abuse refers to the intensive and inappropriate use of psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are those that affect brain function. These include illegal drugs, alcohol, and even the excessive use of prescription drugs. The overuse of psychoactive substances leads to severe physical or psychological dependence. It also affects the social life and relationships of the affected individual. Substance abuse is treatable.

    The duration of treatment at Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis in Bay Saint Louis can require weeks or even months depending on the severity of the condition as there is a risk of relapse. Treatment options include medications, counseling sessions, various types of behavioral therapy, and group therapy in different combinations.

    Addiction to prescription opioid painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone, and illicit opioids such as heroin, leads to potentially life-threatening withdrawal symptoms when discontinued. Opioid addiction treatment typically involves an inpatient stay at facilities like Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis to make sure they get through withdrawal safely. Treatment also includes comprehensive mental health counseling.

    Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis in Mississippi knows it is vital to diagnose dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder.

    Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Gambling Addiction, Internet Use Addiction / Disorder, Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse 

    Levels of Care Offered

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in Mississippi is appropriate for patients in residential recovery facilities that have been diagnosed with addiction. Patients return to their everyday lives gradually, increasing the likeliness of success in treatment.

    To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the Mississippi patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.

    Treatment is just a first step in sustaining sobriety. After rehabilitation, counseling for aftercare helps the person adapt to a life without drugs. A sober living facility in Bay Saint Louis, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.

    Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis‘s Therapies & Programs

    In addiction recovery at Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis, therapy plays a significant role. This helps patients get to the root of their addiction and discover how the problems that contributed to their use can be handled better. Therapy can be performed in a group and one on one settings. The patient interacts with the therapist in a one-on-one atmosphere during individual therapy. This encourages them to reflect on the underlying addiction problems and develop ways to avoid potential future abuse.

    Recovering from addiction involves recovering relationships as well. One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Couples therapy at Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged. Addiction involves everyone in the family, not only the addict.

    Family roles can change in damaging ways that may require professional help to rebalance. Successful intimate relationships can decrease the chances for relapse by ensuring a healthy environment after rehab in Bay Saint Louis, MS.

    Addiction and alcoholism affect the entire family. For this reason, family therapy is vital to a person’s recovery from addiction. In contrast to couples counseling, family therapy at Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis may include siblings, children, parents, and other significant people in the recovering person’s life. Family support is one of the most important pillars of recovery.

    In group therapy, the patient undergoes sessions with other patients at Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis who are dealing with similar problems. The members of the group interact with each other and talk freely about their issues at scheduled sessions. Group therapy reduces the feeling of loneliness and improves the coping skills of the patients. You are not alone in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.

    Many people turn to drugs and alcohol as a way of processing trauma that has affected them in the past. Trauma can include abuse, neglect, the loss of a loved one and other unpleasant incidents. Trauma therapy at Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis aims to establish a healthy response to thoughts and feelings as an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol. It also promotes healthy communication between addicts and those around them. It is and effective therapy for people suffering with all types of addictions.

    The recovery technique used by Alcoholics Anonymous is the 12 step program, but it can relate to any form of addiction. The 12 steps that addicts must take on the road to recovery are explained. Measures include acknowledging that you have a problem and agreeing to turn around your life. The curriculum, instructed by Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis, also requires a belief in a greater power and making amends to others.

    12-Step Facilitation, Aftercare, Anger Management, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Hepatitis Education / Counseling / Support, HIV or AIDS education, Individual Therapy, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Intervention, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Substance Use Counseling, Trauma Therapy

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

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    Gulf Coast Mental Health Center - Saint Louis Location and Directions
    Address Information819 Central Ave
    Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi 39520 Phone Number(228) 467-1881 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi Addiction Information

    Mississippi has one of the highest rates of drug and alcohol abuse-related deaths. Approximately 350,000 residents use illicit drugs every year while another 108,000 abuse alcohol. In one year, doctors in Mississippi prescribed 76.8 opioid prescriptions for every 100 persons. This compares to the national rate of 51.4 prescriptions.

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