Addiction and mental health treatment, one team
Which dual diagnosis program treats Fort Lauderdale residents?
Dual diagnosis treatment for Fort Lauderdale residents treats drug or alcohol addiction and a mental health condition together, with one team and one plan, about 12 miles up I-95 at our licensed Pompano Beach facility.
Your team treats depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder and trauma in step with the addiction, at whatever level of care you need.
On your first call, admissions checks your insurance, and your intake includes a psychiatric assessment.
How soon can you start dual diagnosis treatment?
Within days in most cases, and the same day if you need detox first.
Admissions runs a short intake on the phone: what you have been using, any diagnosis you carry or what you are struggling with, any medication you take, and whether you have been in treatment before. We verify your insurance on the call and book your psychiatric assessment into admission, which puts your medication in front of a psychiatric provider on day one.
Who needs dual diagnosis treatment in Fort Lauderdale?
You need dual diagnosis treatment if you drink or use to cope with depression, anxiety, trauma or mood swings, or if a mental health condition keeps pulling you back after treatment.
You do not need a formal diagnosis to start. Signs that point to dual diagnosis care:
- You drink or use to sleep, calm down or get through the day
- You have been through rehab and relapsed when your mood dropped
- Everyone blames your anxiety or depression on the drinking, and nobody treats it on its own
- A doctor prescribed medication for your mental health and you stopped taking it
- You have had a Baker Act hold or a mental health crisis linked to drinking or drugs
Our intake assessment, run by psychiatric staff, tells you what is going on and what to treat first.
What is the best treatment for dual diagnosis?
Integrated treatment: a single team working on the addiction and the mental health condition at the same time, from one plan.
Treat one after the other, and the condition left waiting pulls you back while you work on the first. In integrated care, your psychiatric provider, therapist and medical team meet about you, set medication and therapy as a pair, and change both as you do. It is how our main dual diagnosis treatment program runs at every level of care.
Which strengths make our dual diagnosis care fit Fort Lauderdale?
Psychiatric Assessment at Admission
Your psychiatric provider sees you at intake and reviews your medication from day one.
One Dual Diagnosis Team, One Plan
Your psychiatric provider, therapist and medical team meet about you every week.
Dual Diagnosis Care After a Baker Act
Start treatment the week a hold ends, so the crisis does not repeat.
Dual Diagnosis at Every Level of Care
Detox, a live-in stay, PHP or IOP, set by how severe your symptoms are.
Trauma Therapy When You Are Steady
Trauma-focused work starts once you are stable enough to do it safely.
Dual Diagnosis Covered by Broward Plans
Insurers class integrated treatment as medically necessary. Admissions confirms your share.
Which route into dual diagnosis care fits Fort Lauderdale callers?
Dual Diagnosis Care From a Hospital Hold
Ring us from your bed at a Fort Lauderdale hospital, or on your first day back home.
Dual Diagnosis Care Around Classes
Students at Broward College downtown fit PHP or IOP hours around their timetable.
Dual Diagnosis Follow-Up Visits
Tri-Rail or the I-95 corridor brings you back for psychiatric follow-ups in under half an hour.
Which conditions does dual diagnosis treatment cover?
Alongside alcohol and drug addiction, we treat depression, PTSD and trauma, generalized or social anxiety, panic disorder, bipolar disorder and grief.
Each changes how treatment runs. Trauma work waits until you are stable enough to do it safely. Bipolar disorder needs mood-stabilizing medication your psychiatric provider checks closely. Anxiety eases once withdrawal settles, and your team watches for that before adding medication.
How soon can dual diagnosis care follow a Baker Act?
The same week. When a Baker Act hold in Broward ends, you or the facility’s discharge team can call us to start dual diagnosis treatment the same week, so the crisis does not repeat.
Under Florida’s Baker Act, a mental health hold for examination lasts up to 72 hours at a receiving facility. If drinking or drugs were part of what happened, the hold treats the crisis, not the addiction underneath it. Moving straight into dual diagnosis care is what closes that gap.
If your hold was at a Fort Lauderdale hospital such as Broward Health Medical Center on South Andrews Avenue, phone admissions while you are still on the ward, or on your first day back home. We check your insurance and set your start date on the call.
Which level of care do you need for dual diagnosis?
Your team sets the level by how severe your mental health symptoms are, not only by your drinking or drug use.
If you are in crisis or need detox, you start with medically supervised detox and psychiatric stabilization, then move into a live-in stay where your team works on both conditions every day. If your symptoms are steadier, a partial hospitalization program gives you near-daily psychiatric contact while you sleep at home. If you are a student at Broward College downtown, PHP and IOP hours can sit around your classes. If your mental health is already under control and needs maintenance, IOP fits around your work in Fort Lauderdale.
Can you keep working during dual diagnosis treatment?
Yes, at the outpatient levels. Your team schedules psychiatric visits and therapy around your hours, and a live-in stay qualifies for FMLA leave if you need it.
At PHP and IOP, your psychiatric provider sees you during program hours, so nothing needs a separate morning off. A live-in stay means time off, so your case manager files the leave paperwork, and your Fort Lauderdale employer sees only what the form requires.
Dual Diagnosis for Fort Lauderdale
Integrated care for residents across the city and Broward County.
Licensed Psychiatric and Addiction Treatment Team
Psychiatric staff, therapists and nurses on one plan.
Dual Diagnosis Through Aftercare
Your psychiatric follow-up continues after treatment ends.
What therapies and medications treat dual diagnosis?
Cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy and trauma-focused therapy, with one team adjusting psychiatric medication and medication for cravings together.
Cognitive behavioral therapy works on the thought patterns behind depression, anxiety and using. Dialectical behavior therapy builds skills when emotions run high. Trauma-focused therapy treats PTSD once you are stable. On the medication side, your psychiatric provider prescribes and adjusts antidepressants, mood stabilizers or anti-anxiety medication alongside naltrexone, acamprosate or buprenorphine when they fit, so nothing works against anything else. Treating with therapy and medication at once follows the approach in MedlinePlus, the National Library of Medicine’s guide to drug use and addiction.
Who treats you in dual diagnosis care?
One team: your psychiatric provider, a licensed therapist, nurses, a case manager, and a prescriber for withdrawal and cravings.
Your psychiatric provider leads on your mental health diagnosis and medication, and your therapist runs your individual sessions and groups. Nurses check on you and your medication. Your case manager takes care of work, family and the plan for when treatment ends. They meet about your plan every week, so you are not the one carrying messages between them.
Does insurance cover dual diagnosis treatment in Fort Lauderdale?
Yes. Florida Blue and other Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, Aetna, Cigna and most plans sold in Broward County cover dual diagnosis treatment.
Insurers class treating a mental health condition and addiction together as medically necessary, so most plans cover it. The level of care sets how your insurer authorizes it. Admissions checks your benefits for free on the first call and tells you what you will pay before you start, with any out-of-network difference spelled out in dollars.
How do you get a loved one into treatment?
Call admissions first. We plan the conversation with you, and when someone is at risk and refuses help, Florida law gives your family a way forward.
If you live in Broward, the first question is which law applies. The Baker Act covers a mental health crisis. The Marchman Act covers drug or alcohol use that has put someone at risk. When both are present, admissions talks you through which fits before you go to the courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, and our intervention services plan the conversation with you, and we admit your loved one on the day they agree to come.
What happens after dual diagnosis treatment?
You step down with the same team, keep your psychiatric provider, and leave with a plan for both your mental health and your recovery.
Discharge planning starts in your first week. Before you finish, your case manager books your outpatient schedule in Fort Lauderdale, confirms your psychiatric follow-up and medication, and gives you a written relapse-prevention plan that covers mood as well as cravings. In a city of 182,760 people, Tri-Rail and the I-95 corridor bring you back for follow-up appointments in under half an hour. You keep a place in our alumni program after you finish.
Each nearby city has a page of its own: dual diagnosis treatment in Hollywood, dual diagnosis treatment in Coral Springs and dual diagnosis treatment in Deerfield Beach.
North of the city, the program itself runs in Pompano Beach, and dual diagnosis treatment in Pompano Beach explains what that looks like for people who live there.
Other programs we run for Fort Lauderdale residents: outpatient rehab in Fort Lauderdale.
How do Fort Lauderdale residents start dual diagnosis care today?
Call admissions now. We verify your insurance on the call and tell you what is covered, what is open this week and which program you qualify for.
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