About Haight Ashbury Free Clinics – Alcohol Treatment – San Francisco
The Haight Ashbury Medical Clinic offers free, non-judgmental primary medical care for substance use disorders and related mental health conditions. Their programs cater to adults with a focus on transgender, geriatric, homeless, and indigent persons, offering medicated assisted treatment (MAT) and outpatient services. You’ll find ’em out in San Francisco, California.
Their MAT program assists those with addictions to opioids, alcohol and nicotine. Clients who require a higher level of assistance may be referred to an inpatient drug or alcohol rehab. The prescribed medications vary according to the client’s type of addiction. Combined with behavioral therapy, MAT helps ease withdrawal symptoms and may prevent serious complications.
Outpatient programs provide addiction recovery support through behavioral health services. Clients can attend individual and group therapy sessions to learn skills to overcome their addictions. The complex health issues that arise from addiction, homelessness, and poverty are treated onsite.
Programs are available to some clients to assist them finding employment and housing.
Haight Ashbury’s medical services are available on a sliding scale, depending on family size and income. Clients may be referred for additional mental health, medical, or addiction recovery services, the costs of which may be covered by major insurance providers, such as BlueCross/BlueShield, Humana, and others. Check coverage with your provider as out of network benefits can vary.