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1. SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT
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Central Intake Unit
3140 NW 76th Street
Miami, FL 33147
305-694-4880
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Jackson Behavioral Health
1695 NW 9TH Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
305-355-7000
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If you are in substance use or mental health crisis and need immediate medical or mental care, please call or visit the following: (Both 24/7)
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Miami Dade Mobile Response Team 305-774-3616
Banyan Health Systems Walk In Centralized Receiving Facility (connects with all substance use and mental health services in Miami Dade County)
3850 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33134
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2. RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
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Central Intake Unit
3140 NW 76 Street
Miami, FL 33147
305-694-4880
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Specialized Transitional Opportunity Program (STOP) for the homeless
Central Intake Unit
3140 NW 76 Street
Miami, FL 33147
305-694-4880
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Thriving Mind South Florida
7205 NW 19th Street
Suite # 200
Miami, Florida 33126
Consumer Hotline:1-888-248-3111
Hotline Hours Monday-Friday 8AM-4:30PM
information@thrivingmind.org
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2020 Consumer and Family Resource Manual Miami and Monroe
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3. TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS
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For more information, call 786-878-6480
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4. MDC DIVERSION AND TREATMENT PROGRAM (DATP)
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Outpatient treatment:
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Coconut Grove Community Resource Center
3750 S. Dixie Highway
Miami, FL 33133
Miami Dade College North Campus
3190 NW 116th Street
Miami, FL 33167
Florida City Community Resource Center
1600 NW 6th Court
Florida City, FL 33034
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To make an appointment for admission into the program, call 305-758-9662.
5. CORRECTIONS BASED TREATMENT / MDC DRUG COURT
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Program
Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation
Pre-Trail Detention Center
1321 NW 13th Street
Miami, FL 33125
For more information, call 786-479-7093.
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The 4 other Trans-led agencies are Arianna's Center, Transinclusive Group, The McKenzie Project, and Bridging the Gap. I believe the Trans Collaborative Network is also Trans-led but I'm unsure. We are currently piloting our rural Trans health program in Bay County, and folks can get in touch with us through TransSOCIAL's Play Safe Miami programwww.playsafemiami.com. We can only accept low-income clients at the moment, so we have to screen each applicant.
CHOW group discussions are open to all – chef, servers, bussers, bartenders, owners, suppliers, farmers, writers, dishwashers, and industry veterans. Virtual meetings can be accessed from any location, please be aware of the time zones listed.
Cada semana el día Martes. Las reuniones son organizadas por LARA. Lara es una Organización sin fines de lucro que promueve soluciones en salud mental y adicción, organizando comunidades con la información para crear recursos en Español sobre salud mental y adicción. Creando conciencia en la cultura sobre la importancia de romper con el estigma y otras barreras que impiden a la persona buscar ayuda.
HARM REDUCTION SERVICES​
With the premise of providing new syringes in exchange for used ones, the IDEA Exchange envisions health equity with a mission in increasing access to the tools necessary to keep people healthy, especially those who are most vulnerable.
Operating within the University of Miami, the IDEA Exchange is the only syringe exchange in the state of Florida. Besides its primary function of providing new syringes in exchange for used ones, the IDEA Exchange hosts many auxiliary harm reduction services to reduce the spread of HIV, Hepatitis C, and other blood-borne diseases.
For more information please visit:
1636 NW 7th Ave,
Miami, FL, 33136
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10am-4pm
Tuesday, Thursday: 12-6pm
Saturday: 8am- 11am
ideaexchange@miami.edu
EVENT PICTURES
Enroll for Medically Assisted Treatment at the Following Community Centers:
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Banyan Community Health Center – Little Havana Campus
3850 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33134
(305) 774-3300
banyanhealth.org
(please call ahead for details)
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Borinquen Health Care Center
3000 Biscayne Blvd. Miami FL 33137
5th Floor
(305) 576-6611
www.borinquenhealth.org
(please call ahead for details)
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The disease model of addiction
Addiction is defined as a disease by most medical associations, including the American Medical Association and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, addiction is caused by a combination of behavioral, psychological, environmental, and biological factors. Genetic risk factors account for about half of the likelihood that an individual will develop an addiction.
Addiction involves changes in the functioning of the brain and body due to the persistent use of nicotine, alcohol, and/or other substances.
The consequences of untreated addiction often include other physical and mental health disorders that require medical attention. If left untreated over time, addiction becomes more severe, disabling, and life-threatening.
• Source- drugfree.org
Is Addiction a Disease?​
Addiction, clinically referred to as a substance use disorder is a complex disease of the brain and body that involves compulsive use of one or more substances despite serious health and social consequences. Addiction disrupts regions of the brain that are responsible for reward, motivation, learning, judgment, and memory.
• Source- drugfree.org
How substance use changes the brain
People feel pleasure when basic needs such as hunger, thirst and sex are satisfied. In most cases, these feelings of pleasure are caused by the release of certain chemicals in the brain, which reinforce these life-sustaining functions by incentivizing the individual to repeat the behaviors that produce those rewarding feelings (eating, drinking and procreating). Most addictive substances cause the brain to release high levels of these same chemicals that are associated with natural pleasure or reward.
Over time, the continued release of these chemicals causes changes in the brain systems involved in reward, motivation, and memory. The brain tries to get back to a balanced state by minimizing its reaction to those rewarding chemicals or releasing stress hormones. As a result, a person may need to use increasing amounts of the substance just to feel closer to normal. The individual may experience intense desires or cravings for the substance and will continue to use it despite harmful or dangerous consequences. The person may also prefer the substance to other healthy pleasures and may lose interest in normal life activities. In the most chronic form of the disease, a severe substance use disorder can cause a person to stop caring about their own or others’ well-being or survival.
These changes in the brain can remain for a long time, even after the person stops using substances. It is believed that these changes may leave those with addiction vulnerable to physical and environmental cues that they associate with substance use, also known as triggers, which can increase their risk of relapse.
• Source- drugfree.org
Why is willpower not enough?
The initial and early decisions to use substances are based in large part on a person’s free or conscious choice, often influenced by their culture and environment. Certain factors, such as a family history of addiction, trauma or inadequately treated mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, may make some people more susceptible to substance use disorders than others. Once the brain has been changed by addiction, that choice or willpower becomes impaired. Perhaps the most defining symptom of addiction is a loss of control over substance use
• Source- drugfree.org
Are people with addiction responsible for their actions?
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People do not choose how their brain and body respond to substances, which is why people with addiction cannot control their use while others can. People with addiction can still stop using substances — it’s just much harder than it is for someone who has not become addicted. People with addiction should not be blamed for having a disease, but rather be able to get quality, evidence-based care to address it. With the help and support of family, friends, and peers to stay in treatment, they increase their chances of recovery and survival.
• Source- drugfree.org
Is it a chronic disease?
A chronic disease is a long-lasting condition that can be controlled but not cured. Most people who engage in substance use do not develop an addiction. And many people who do so to a problematic extent, such as young people during their high school or college years, tend to reduce their use once they take on more adult responsibilities. Still, about 25-50% of people with a substance use problem develop a severe, chronic disorder. For them, addiction is a progressive, relapsing disease that requires intensive treatments and continuing aftercare, monitoring, and family or peer support to manage their recovery.
The good news is that even the most severe, chronic form of the disorder can be manageable, usually with long-term treatment and continued monitoring and support for recovery.
Source- drugfree.orgMost people who engage in substance use do not develop an addiction. And many people who do so to a problematic extent, such as young people during their high school or college years, tend to reduce their use once they take on more adult responsibilities. Still, about 25-50% of people with a substance use problem develop a severe, chronic disorder. For them, addiction is a progressive, relapsing disease that requires intensive treatments and continuing aftercare, monitoring, and family or peer support to manage their recovery.
Why some people say addiction is not a disease​
Some people think addiction cannot be a disease because it is caused by the individual’s choice to use substances. While the first use (or early stage use) may be by choice, once the brain has been changed by addiction, most experts believe that the person loses control of their behavior. Choice does not determine whether something is a disease. Heart disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer involve personal choices like diet, exercise, sun exposure, etc. A disease is what happens in the body as a result of those choices.
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Others argue that addiction is not a disease because some people with addiction get better without treatment. People with a mild substance use disorder may recover with little or no treatment. People with the most serious form of addiction usually need intensive treatment followed by lifelong management of the disease. However, some people with severe addiction stop drinking or using other substances without treatment, usually after experiencing a serious family, social, occupational, physical or spiritual crisis. Others achieve recovery by attending self-help (12-step or AA) meetings without receiving much, if any, professional treatment. In all cases, professional treatment and a range of recovery supports should be available and accessible to anybody who develops a substance use disorder. Addiction is a treatable disease.
• Source- drugfree.org