About Altru Rehabilitation – Grand Forks
Part of the Altru hospital system, the Altru Behavioral Health Clinic in Grand Forks, North Dakota, can connect you to inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment to family medicine and primary care. To help support your care, Altru has multiple clinics in the Grand Forks area as well as home care and outreach therapy providers. They can also provide direct admission to care for addiction or mental health without you having to visit the emergency room.
Their Behavioral Health Clinic provides outpatient treatment and assessments for mental health and substance use. There is also an inpatient behavioral health unit that can provide short term intensive care. Altru’s staff can refer you to longer term inpatient treatment if needed.
One thing that stands out is that Altru is committed to treating and addressing substance use in young people as well. They have a therapeutic in school program for children and teens, offer play therapy for children and more.
They also have case managers that can help you coordinate your care and address non medical needs such as housing, food, education and employment. The case manager will help connect you to the appropriate community resources and can help you get back on your feet and living independently with the right treatment and support.
For opioid use disorder, Altru offers medication assisted treatment using suboxone. This reduces withdrawal symptoms while allowing you to stop taking unprescribed or street substances. Suboxone also reduces cravings to help you stay stable during treatment, which is an essential part of laying a solid framework for long term recovery.
Altru will also connect you to counseling where you can learn about the impact of opioids and connect to peer support groups, additional treatment programs and other helpful resources. They can also help you get support you need and create a recovery plan so you can break free from substance use disorder once and for all.