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Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatric Center

Drug Rehab Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatric Center provides compassionate care for those suffering from addiction, mental health, and other geriatric conditions, offering a wide range of services including therapy, medication management, assessments, and 24-hour nursing care, and has earned accreditation and recognition for their commitment to quality care.

About Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatric Center in Alabama

The Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatric Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is a long-term care facility specializing in psychiatric and behavioral healthcare for seniors. Founded in 1947, it is a leader in the field of geriatric services and is the only state-run psychiatric hospital dedicated to the elderly in Alabama. The center offers a compassionate and individualized treatment approach that focuses on the physical, emotional and social health of their patients. Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatric Center provides both inpatient and outpatient services as well as crisis stabilization and residential treatment.

Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatric Center provides comprehensive care for substance abuse and addiction. Their services include an individualized assessment of the patient's needs and lifestyle, comprehensive therapeutic services to support recovery, family counseling, and aftercare planning. The staff is experienced in the treatment of older adults and utilizes evidence-based practices to meet their needs. In addition, the facility is accredited by The Joint Commission and licensed by the Alabama Department of Mental Health.

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
  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    Dual diagnosis refers to someone who has both an addiction and a mental or emotional illness. Dual diagnosis treatment includes therapy for both issues simultaneously, allowing for effective treatment of either.

    Sometimes people with addiction disorders also have co-occurring disorders like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, etc. These require specialized treatment programs that address both drug and alcohol addiction as well as psychiatric illnesses. Some rehabilitation facilities provide patients with co-occurring disorders a program with highly integrated services and a clean, distraction-free environment.

    Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Mental Health 

    Levels of Care Offered

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Inpatient treatment is a form of recovery used in drug rehab. Inpatient recovery offers individual therapy, groups, and family therapy to ensure that the addict has the best recovery possible. A variety of treatments are provided in this type of recovery, depending on what treatment the addict needs at that particular time.

    The length of inpatient addiction treatment depends on the addict and their addiction. Inpatient rehabilitation can last anywhere from 30 days to 90 days, depending on how severe the drug abuse is. Inpatient rehab is a costly drug treatment, costing anywhere from $30k- to $60k. However, insurance often offers help in covering these costs.

    Therapies & Programs

    Different people react differently to various treatment options. Some drug rehabilitation centers offer individualized treatment that caters to the specific needs of a drug addict. The best treatment option varies on an individual depending on the type of drug abused, life history, medical condition of the person, social circumstances, and the environment they live in now.

    When a person enters drug rehab, they usually have anti-drug associations such as withdrawal symptoms, stress, cravings, etc. The first step of drug rehab is to detoxify the body from any residual substances in it. Drug rehabilitation centers usually employ trained medical professionals to help in this process. Usually, the initial detoxification lasts for five days, where the person is monitored under close supervision.

    Attending group therapy at Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatric Center in , is a useful way for those seeking sobriety to realize they aren’t the only one going through it.

    This is when a group of people on different recovery phases get together and talk about what they’re going through, their triggers, successes, and failures. This can include alternative types of therapies too! Group therapy may occur on an outpatient or inpatient basis with groups that have no pre-existing relationships outside the session, unlike support groups where everyone already knows each other beforehand.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a type of psychotherapy that helps people address the thoughts and behaviors that may have led to their addiction. It also helps change negative thoughts into positive ones and promotes healthy communication between addicts and those around them. CBT is an efficient treatment for individuals suffering from all sorts of addictions.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in drug abuse disorders, but they can lead to co-occurring disorders if not recognized. CBT involves strategies that help to change the behavior pattern by restructuring negative thoughts into positive ones. It helps to remove these feelings, and it provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness, self-control and can be administered as a mono-therapy or as part of combination therapy.

    Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Dual-Diagnosis, Experiential Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Inpatient Treatment, Residential Long Term (>30 Days)

    Patient Experience

    Experiential Therapy at Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatric Center

    Experiential therapy is a type of therapeutic approach that focuses on having patients work through problems, issues, or emotions by engaging directly in some real experience. It occurs face-to-face with a therapist who helps these people to explore their feelings first hand. The hope is that when this happens, the patient will feel driven to turn away from their destructive behavior and instead take up positive behaviors or coping mechanisms. Direct experience methods, role play, psychodrama, interpersonal and social learning are a few different forms of experiential therapy.

    Payment Options Accepted

    For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
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    Additional Details

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    Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatric Center Location and Directions
    Address Information200 University Boulevard
    Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401 Phone Number(205) 759-0900 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Tuscaloosa, Alabama Addiction Information

    Opioids, such as heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioids are related to more than half of all drug-related overdoses in Alabama. Alcohol is the most frequently used substance in Alabama; 85,000 Alabamians use cocaine every single year. In Alabama, there are four times as many vehicle crashes involving alcohol as there are normal vehicle crashes.

    7% of Tuscaloosa residents age 12 and older were current illicit drug users, and 5% were current alcohol users. 60% of youths perceived great risk from trying marijuana, and the rate of current marijuana use among young adults is concerning. 70% of people who needed treatment for an illicit drug did not receive it. There are a variety of treatment services available, such as halfway houses, sober living facilities, and 12-step programs.

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