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Merakey - Pittsburgh

Merakey - Pittsburgh

Drug Rehab Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

Merakey is a behavioral health organization that provides comprehensive, tailored services and supports for individuals with dual diagnosis, mental health, and substance use issues.

About This Pittsburgh, PA Facility

Merakey is a behavioral health organization with 17 locations across four states and Washington, DC. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, they offer a range of services and supports for individuals with dual diagnosis, mental health, and substance use issues. Through their proven model of care, Merakey provides comprehensive services that are tailored to meet each person's needs and promote a positive, healing environment. Their range of services include both inpatient and outpatient programs that offer dual diagnosis, couple's therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, family therapy, group therapy, individual therapy, trauma therapy, and cognitive behavioral treatment.

Merakey accepts private health insurance and works to ensure that individuals receive the care they need. They strive to ensure that all individuals in need who enter their care receive the highest quality of care and are provided with support and guidance in managing their condition. Merakey also employs experts in the field of dual-diagnosis and mental health and they collaborate with other organizations within their network to ensure the highest standard of care.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • Multiple Centers
  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    Conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are part of mental illness. This may occur that opioid abuse and vice versa are induced by mental illness. Diagnosing a concurrent diagnosis or co-occurring condition at Merakey - Pittsburgh is essential to understand the addiction better.

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    Outpatient programs are the standard for addiction treatment. About 9 in 10 U.S. adolescents entering addiction treatment enroll in these programs, so you’re not alone in Pittsburgh, PA. Treatment is delivered in different settings – offices, clinics, and primary care clinics.

    Facilities offer a variety of services, such as individual and group counseling and family therapy. During the sessions, you work with a team of experts that include: General physicians, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Psychologists. The main goals of outpatient recovery programs are to help addicted individuals reduce drug use and addictive behaviors, eventually becoming entirely sober.

    Merakey - Pittsburgh‘s Therapies & Programs

    In addiction recovery at Merakey - Pittsburgh, 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 Merakey - Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh, PA.

    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 Merakey - Pittsburgh 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 Merakey - Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    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 Merakey - Pittsburgh helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.

    Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that focuses on eliminating specific negative thoughts such as suicidal thoughts that can potentially lead to an individual inflicting self-harm. It is useful in the treatment of patients exhibiting uncontrollable emotions, intense mood swings, and borderline personality disorders.

    The term “Dialectic” means the integration of opposites. In the substance abuse context, DBT refers to accepting the patient’s addiction and working to change their thoughts and behavior. It improves life skills such as controlling the intense emotions without reacting impulsively, resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively, and promoting awareness about self and others.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Merakey - Pittsburgh 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.

    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
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

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    Merakey - Pittsburgh Location and Directions
    Address Information665 Rodi Rd
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235 Phone Number(412) 241-9020 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Addiction Information

    Pennsylvania ranks 14th in the nation for drug-related deaths. More than 10% of all deaths in Pennsylvania have been related to drugs and alcohol. 30% of Pennsylvania youth reportedly drink alcohol monthly, with more than 20,000 teenagers having an alcohol problem. The rate of opioid misuse in Pennsylvania is double the national average.

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic. About 24,000 people in Pittsburgh struggle with drug addiction. In the city, there were 9,813 overdose deaths in 2016. Alcohol is a factor in more than 38% of all traffic fatalities in Pittsburgh. There are plenty of drug treatment centers in the area to help you get your life back on track.

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