Discovery House offers a wide range of support rehabilitation and case management services that are tailored to meet individual needs. Counseling and guidance are an important part of recovery. Discovery House counselors are dedicated people with the skill and knowledge necessary to help define and reach recovery goals.

Nearly all addictions cause damage to relationships with family and friends. Discovery House offers individual and group counseling. Please check the patient bulletin board or ask a staff member about the counseling and educational groups offered at the clinic for you and your family.

Discovery House works closely with community resources, such as local employment agencies and vocational training centers. A counselor may be able to assist you in obtaining educational assistance or job placement.

Access to Discovery House staff is available for emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• Just call the regular number for your clinic and it will page a Discovery House staff person who will return the call as quickly as possible. Routine business calls will be returned during normal business hours.
• Emergencies typically involve issues of dosing which need to be addressed immediately. Scheduling or rescheduling appointments are not emergency situations.
• Patients with physical health emergencies need to contact or go to the nearest hospital emergency room. Your clinic provides you with information on the name and address of the hospital. It is posted on the door of the clinic.
• Patients with mental health emergencies need to contact or go to the nearest mental health provider. Your clinic has a cooperative agreement with this agency and posts the name and phone number on the clinic door.

When you start treatment we spend time to “assess” you, that is, we make a determination of the problems, strengths and resources in your life. We then work with you to prioritize this into a “problem list”. This becomes the basis for your treatment plan where we lay out what goals you want to achieve and the steps to make that happen. Success in treatment is reached when you have met the goals and objectives of your treatment plan such as:

• The cessation of life problems identified as related to substance abuse and use;
• Evidence of the ability to implement and maintain positive behavior changes;
• The identification and appropriate use of other positive support systems or self-help groups;
• The services of Discovery House are no longer appropriate for you and arrangements have been made for a transfer or referral for more appropriate treatment resources;
• You have completed aftercare and discharge planning to your satisfaction and in the view of the treatment team.
• The successful completion of a medically supervised withdrawal.

Abrupt and impulsive termination of methadone maintenance is dangerous. It can cause severe withdrawal symptoms and will almost certainly cause you to return to drug abuse. If you believe you have a problem or concern which might cause you to leave abruptly, please see your counselor or a program administrator as soon as possible for assistance.

Involuntary administrative termination is the withdrawal of treatment services by the staff of Discovery House because of one or more of the following reasons:

• You present a danger to yourself, other patients or the staff.
• You have had no contact with the clinic for thirty days or have not dosed for more than seven days (absence without leave).
• It is clear you are not and have not worked towards treatment goals outlined in your treatment plan;
• You violate the program rules.
• Non-compliance with contracts and treatment plan

An involuntary withdrawal generally lasts between 10 and 21 days, depending on clinical and medical conditions.

Discovery House reserves the right to immediately discharge you if, in the Program Director’s judgment, the safety and well being of the program and staff members is being threatened. Examples of grounds for immediate discharge: client threatening or assaulting a staff member or anyone on the premises, if they reveal a weapon of any kind.

If you have been administratively discharged you will not be considered for readmission until 30 days has elapsed from the date of discharge. If you have been discharged for not meeting your financial obligations, you are eligible for readmission 7 days after the date of discharge. Otherwise you are eligible for readmission through the Intake / Screening and Admission process.