East Mississippi State Hospital

1818 College Park Drive Meridian, MS 39307
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East Mississippi State Hospital - Chemical Dependency MS 39304

About East Mississippi State Hospital

Bradley A. Sanders Addiction Center is part of the East Mississippi State Hospital network. It is located in Meridian, Mississippi. They have an inpatient program for adult men with substance abuse issues. All clients are referred from the Chancery Court due to a drug offense.

The center has 63 acres of green and woodsy land. They also have 50 beds in their inpatient program. You’ll have a range of counseling, like listening to motivational speakers, going to AA meetings, and taking classes to improve your health. There’s 24/7 supervision, which includes medical services. Your family will also receive resources to help them cope and support you. That way, you’ll have less chance of relapse.

The therapy programs are based on cognitive behavioral approaches. This means that they’ll tackle your addiction by helping you examine your underlying thoughts and how you act in response to those thoughts. Then, you can change how you think, which changes how you act.

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Latest Reviews

Troy Knowles
7 months ago on Google
1
Absolutely one of the worst places you could end up. Worse than a jail. I was there in 2008 and I have been trying to get my records for the last 15 years and they won't give them to me.
Prophet Randall Stovall Of the Lord Jesus Christ
7 months ago on Google
3
My name Randall the staff pretty good mental wise but wen it come to the hospital where the opposite just dealing with common illness that's not that good the medical side they slacker bad they didn't get back to me on my illness part they more mental than n e thing I give the mental 5 stars
brittany nelson
1 year ago on Google
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The Worst State Hospital In The Whole World The Doctors & Nurse Practitioners Especially Teresa Smith Alexander And Dr.Thomas There Are Absolutely The Worse Doctors This Place Went Downhill When They Retired Ms.Juanita Bell Monroe And Ms.Mary Very Sweet Workers They Actually Cares About Their Patients She Actually Cared The Staff Now Are Absolutely The Worst There Just Unprofessional They Really Need To Tear The Hospital Down Because At Alliance Health Center Is 100 Times Better Than East Ms State Hospital The Best Psychiatrist Was At Alliance Health Center Dr.Patrica Dudley She Was Amazing She WILL Actually Sit Down And Talk To You On A One On One And Asked You Questions And Actually Get Down To The Root Of The Problem Unlike Dr.Thomas And Nurse Practitioner Teresa Smith Alexander Is Just A Nurse Practitioner With A Doctorate Degree She Didn't Attend No Medical School To Actually Became A Licensed Certified Psychologist Nor A Licensed Certified Doctor Only A Doctorate Degree If You Are A Certified Licensed Doctor Than You Attended Medical School For Eight Years Ok Than You'll Not Actual Certified Licensed Doctor Than You Just Have A Doctorate Degree You Didn't Attend A Medical School You Just Went School To How Many Years Two More Years To Complete A Doctorate Degree Whoop The Doo Now Dr.Patrica Dudley She Is The Best Licensed Certified Psychologist And She Actually Cares And Sees If You Have A Mental Illness Or Not If You're Mental Or Not Now That's A Licensed Certified Psychologist She Actually Will Talk To You On A Daily Basis So In My Book I Rate Dr.Patrica Dudley A Million Stars And Give Her The Best View And Dr.Patrica Dudley Will Determine Rather Are Not If You're Really Suffer From A Mental Illness Or Not That's Why I like Dr.Patrica Dudley She Is Absolutely The Best Licensed Certified Psychologist Unlike The Doctors And Nurse Practitioners At East Mississippi State Hospital There So Unprofessional And Rude And Have An Attitude Problem Especially Teresa Smith Alexander To Mean She Really Need An Attitude Ajustment That Doctorate Degree Done Swell Her Head So Big And They Really Don't Care I Give East Mississippi State Hospital Zero Stars And A Bad Review
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Accepted Insurance

East Mississippi State Hospital works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, please contact to verify your specific insurance provider.

Other Forms of Payment

Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.

Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.

Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.

Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

outpatient iconOutpatient
Clients stepping down from inpatient care or who prefer to remain at home while receiving intensive treatment may choose to enroll in an outpatient rehab. Outpatient day treatment, partial hospitalization (PHP), and intensive outpatient programs (IOP) are designed for clients requiring more robust supervision and daily treatment. Standard outpatient services enable clients to attend addiction counseling and recovery education throughout the week, with many centers offering weekend, night, and evening sessions to accommodate clients' work and family schedules.
intensive-outpatient iconIntensive Outpatient
Clients in an intensive outpatient program (IOP) require substantive support as they prepare to transition into standard outpatient (OP) care or community-based recovery programs, such as AA. Most IOP clients are in early recovery or are at an elevated relapse risk. Intensive outpatient treatment generally involves multiple, extended sessions weekly. Many programs require clients to participate in a minimum of nine therapeutic hours weekly. The most common treatment modalities include psychotherapy, recovery education, and medication assisted treatment.
aftercare iconAftercare Support
Clients engaged in a rehab aftercare program approach recovery as a life-long process. Drug rehab aftercare encompasses myriad services designed to promote clients' continued sobriety as they reintegrate into their home, workplace, and community. Clients generally partner with their case managers and recovery team to define their recovery needs and goals and to identify and access the services they need to promote them. These often include peer coaching, career counseling, and 12 step program induction.
12-step icon12-Step
12-step programs are addiction recovery models based on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). A number of substance abuse programs (including some drug and alcohol rehab centers) use the 12 steps as a basis for treatment. Beginning steps involve admitting powerlessness over the addiction and creating a spiritual basis for recovery. Middle steps including making direct amends to those who've been hurt by the addiction, and the final step is to assist others in addiction recovery in the same way. 12-Step offshoots including Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA), Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) and Gamblers Anonymous (GA).
sober-living iconSober Living Homes
If you or a loved one meets the following criteria, you may benefit from a sober living home in Mississippi: You don't have a strong support system at home; you've recently completed rehab; you've relapsed in the past; you suffer from a co-occurring mental health disorder. A men's or women's sober living home can provide the structured support you need to develop recovery skills and prepare for more independent living.
heart-hands iconIntervention Services
Professional intervention services can help families navigate issues related to planning and executing an intervention in Mississippi. Understanding that heightened emotions and complex family dynamics are present, an intervention specialist helps by organizing and executing the intervention while allowing everyone to express their feelings. They also make sure the addicted loved one feels cared for instead of attacked, and they can also help create treatment plans for the individual and their family members.
medically-assisted-detox iconMedically Assisted Detox
Drug and alcohol addiction often takes a heavy toll on one's body. Over time, a physical dependence can develop, meaning the body physiologically needs the substance to function. Detox is the process of removing drugs and/or alcohol from the body, a process that can be lethal if mismanaged. Medical detox is done by licensed medical professionals who monitor vital signs and keep you safe, healthy, and as comfortable as possible as you go through detox and withdrawal.

Treatments

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

For those seeking help with addiction, a drug rehab in Mississippi offers the necessary care to achieve long-term recovery. Options include inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and long-term drug rehab in Mississippi.

A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.

Programs

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Adult Program
Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.
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Young Adult Program
Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical approach to helping people with substance abuse issues and other conditions shift behavior in positive ways. It is more goal-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, as MI counselors directly attempt to get clients to consider making behavioral change (rather than wait for them to come to conclusions themselves). Its primary purpose is to resolve ambivalence and help clients become able to make healthy choices freely.

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Amenities

  • home-setting iconResidential Setting

Accreditations

The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.

Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes
Accreditation Number: 446915

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1992 by congress, SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on American's communities.

SAMHSA Listed: Yes

State Licenses are permits issued by government agencies that allow rehab organizations to conduct business legally within a certain geographical area. Typically, the kind of program a rehab facility offers, along with its physical location, determines which licenses are required to operate legally.

State License: Mississippi

Contact Information

Phone icon (601) 581-7600
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1818 College Park Drive
Meridian MS, 39307

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Reviews of East Mississippi State Hospital

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2.3 (17 reviews)
Troy Knowles
7 months ago
1

Absolutely one of the worst places you could end up. Worse than a jail. I was there in 2008 and I have been trying to get my records for the last 15 years and they won't give them to me.

Prophet Randall Stovall Of the Lord Jesus Christ
7 months ago
3

My name Randall the staff pretty good mental wise but wen it come to the hospital where the opposite just dealing with common illness that's not that good the medical side they slacker bad they didn't get back to me on my illness part they more mental than n e thing I give the mental 5 stars

brittany nelson
1 year ago
1

The Worst State Hospital In The Whole World The Doctors & Nurse Practitioners Especially Teresa Smith Alexander And Dr.Thomas There Are Absolutely The Worse Doctors This Place Went Downhill When They Retired Ms.Juanita Bell Monroe And Ms.Mary Very Sweet Workers They Actually Cares About Their Patients She Actually Cared The Staff Now Are Absolutely The Worst There Just Unprofessional They Really Need To Tear The Hospital Down Because At Alliance Health Center Is 100 Times Better Than East Ms State Hospital The Best Psychiatrist Was At Alliance Health Center Dr.Patrica Dudley She Was Amazing She WILL Actually Sit Down And Talk To You On A One On One And Asked You Questions And Actually Get Down To The Root Of The Problem Unlike Dr.Thomas And Nurse Practitioner Teresa Smith Alexander Is Just A Nurse Practitioner With A Doctorate Degree She Didn't Attend No Medical School To Actually Became A Licensed Certified Psychologist Nor A Licensed Certified Doctor Only A Doctorate Degree If You Are A Certified Licensed Doctor Than You Attended Medical School For Eight Years Ok Than You'll Not Actual Certified Licensed Doctor Than You Just Have A Doctorate Degree You Didn't Attend A Medical School You Just Went School To How Many Years Two More Years To Complete A Doctorate Degree Whoop The Doo Now Dr.Patrica Dudley She Is The Best Licensed Certified Psychologist And She Actually Cares And Sees If You Have A Mental Illness Or Not If You're Mental Or Not Now That's A Licensed Certified Psychologist She Actually Will Talk To You On A Daily Basis So In My Book I Rate Dr.Patrica Dudley A Million Stars And Give Her The Best View And Dr.Patrica Dudley Will Determine Rather Are Not If You're Really Suffer From A Mental Illness Or Not That's Why I like Dr.Patrica Dudley She Is Absolutely The Best Licensed Certified Psychologist Unlike The Doctors And Nurse Practitioners At East Mississippi State Hospital There So Unprofessional And Rude And Have An Attitude Problem Especially Teresa Smith Alexander To Mean She Really Need An Attitude Ajustment That Doctorate Degree Done Swell Her Head So Big And They Really Don't Care I Give East Mississippi State Hospital Zero Stars And A Bad Review

chasity Ogletree
1 year ago
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Scarlett Benedict
1 year ago
1

Food is nasty. Nurses are a pain. Doctors are demons. Michelle NP a devil. DCWs are rude and hateful. I was told I didn't need meds but since I was there she had to give them to me. You can't refuse anything here or they hold you down and give you a shot.

May Gal
1 year ago
1

My brother was admitted to this hospital court order. They were negligent. They discharge him while he was mentally unstable and overdosed with medication from their facility. The techs called me at midnight stating that they were driving him home and somehow he was able to go in a store and steal alcohol. Tgey claimed he was drunk and took pills. All under their care. He did not have alcohol in his system per Tupelo hospital. He is now in Tupelo hospital in ICU away from that heartless and inhumane facility. I spoke to the director Charles Carlisle who yell over the phone and did not give me clear answers about why he overdosed under their care.

Jen Strahan
1 year ago
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This hospital even admits to being 40+ years behind in mental health. They made my mother worse in the 90s. They used old inhumane methods on people!

Carmelita Eadie
2 years ago
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Still working

Tanycia Philon
2 years ago
1

I would not recommend this place to anyone. My brother is currently a patient at the hospital; it took two weeks before we were able to speak with him. We had to call the mental health hotline in order to get any information. Last week he received a broken chin multiple lacerations to his face and we are still not able to get him the proper care he needs. We are currently working to have moved to another hospital. If you are a concerned love one please don't send your loved ones here.

Matthew Shulman
2 years ago
5

Cody Beasley
2 years ago
5

Brad Grantham
3 years ago
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please never send anyone you care for here...i was sent twice '94 and '04...assaulted by staff first time...this is not a place of healing

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