Humanistic Alternatives To Addiction Research And Treatment I

HAART PROVIDES MEDICAL AND COUNSELING SERVICES FOR THE TREATMENT OF OPIATE/OPIOID DEPENDENCE.

IN OAKLAND, AN AVERAGE AVERAGE MONTHLY PATIENT CENSUS OF 470 OPIOID DEPENDENT PATIENTS RECEIVED AN ANNUAL TOTAL OF 162,377 DOSES OF METHADONE MEDICATION, 2,870 DOSES OF BUPRENORPHINE MEDICATION, AND 45,810 TEN-MINUTE UNITS OF COUNSELING AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. OUR LICENSED AND CERTIFIED STAFF MEMBERS ALSO CONDUCTED INITIAL AND ONGOING ASSESSMENTS, TREATMENT PLANS, URINE AND SALIVA SCREENING FOR ILLICIT DRUGS, DROP-IN TREATMENT SERVICES WITH PHYSICIANS FOR SUD AND PERIPHERAL MEDICAL CARE, OVERDOSE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION, INCLUDING NALOXONE OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATION, AND COMPREHENSIVE WRAP-AROUND SAFETY NET SUPPORT SERVICES. OUR STAFF ALSO POSITIVELY INFLUENCED LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL OPIOID TREATMENT POLICY AND INITIATIVES THROUGH AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.IN HAYWARD, AN AVERAGE ACTIVE MONTHLY PATIENT CENSUS OF 350 OPIOID DEPENDENT PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE SERVED. SERVICES INCLUDED: 127,641 DOSES OF METHADONE MEDICATION BEING DISPENSED FACE TO FACE BY A NURSE AND IN TAKE HOME FORM, 25,551 10 MINUTE COUNSELING INTERVALS OF SERVICE BEING PROVIDED BY LICENSED AND LICENSED TRACK CLINICIANS, ASSESMENTS, TREATMENT PLANNING, URINE AND SALIVA SCREENING, ONGOING SUD OVERSITE AND DROP-IN ACCESS TO AN MD FOR PERIPHERAL MEDICAL CARE, SUD SERVICES AND STOP GAP MEDICATION REFILLS, OVER-DOSE PREVENTION EDUCATION AND NARCAN MEDICATION DISPERSAL, JAIL DOSING COVERAGE, AND A COMPLIMENT OF PERIPHERAL RESOURCES INCLUDING ACCESS TO JOB AND HOUSING LISTINGS VIA COMPUTER, GROUP WORK, NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT WITH COMPLIMENTARY FRUITS AND SNACKS, TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT, AND GENERAL PATIENT ADVOCACY AND CASE MANAGEMENT.