New drug withdrawal management facility opens in Perry County
NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio- Perry Behavioral Health Choices opened its new drug withdrawal treatment center.
The facility, called Clearview, officially opened its doors this morning and will begin accepting clients for treatment tomorrow. Theressa Snyder, the Executive Director of P.B.H.C. said this facility was made possible through funding from Governor Kasich’s budget for state hospital regions. Snyder said Clearview will serve anyone in southeastern Ohio going through withdrawal.
“Anyone can come in for admission Monday through Friday. Preferably from 9 to maybe 1 or 2 o’clock. If we have an open bed somebody, you know, someone who qualifies for withdrawal management as a level of care would be eligible to go ahead and be admitted on the spot,” said Snyder.
Snyder said the facility houses eight licensed beds for withdrawal management. Most clients will spend three to seven days receiving treatment at the center. Snyder said the clients will receive both individual and group counseling, as well as educational classes.
“We want them to understand that once they go through a program like this, if they go out and use this heavy if they’ve been using for a long time and they’ve been detoxed so to speak it could be dangerous for them to go out and use it at the same level they had used it previously because that puts them at risk for overdose,” said Snyder.
Snyder said those interested in treatment can come to the facility where they will receive help filling out paperwork. Their needs will then be accessed and they will see a physician within the first few hours of arrival. Snyder said the facility does accept insurance.
“We do take Medicaid and a bulk majority of the people that we serve are Medicaid clients. So we welcome anyone in southeastern Ohio that has a need for withdrawal management. That’s what we’re here for.”
In addition to opening its doors, the center also participated in Black Balloon Day, which is a day set aside to recognize the lives lost to drug overdoses and their families. At least 51 lives were lost in Perry County last year to overdose.
