Date: 08-14-2016
New inpatient rehabilitation center set to open in Pike
Those fighting the battle against substance abuse will have a new ally when Brookside inpatient rehabilitation facility opens in Pikeville.
Aaron Frye is a therapist at Brookside, which is located on Venters Lane. The clinic will open Sept. 1, and provide addiction treatment. Brookside is located in the same building as ASAP Consulting.
“Brookside will be a fully-functional residential treatment center,” Frye said. “We offer substance abuse and mental health counseling. If a person comes in with a substance abuse problem, and possibly has a diagnosis for depression or another mental health issue, I will see them for either of those, or both at the same time.”
Brookside will have room for 20 patients, 10 female and 10 male. The clinic hosts areas for outside activities, kitchen access and family visits, dorms and recreational areas.
One service that will be offered by Brookside is non-medical detox.
A non-medical detox, Frye said, is when a patient stops taking drugs such as pain killers or stimulants such as cocaine or meth.
“We will provide a place where patients can be monitored by a nurse, and have a private place, which is safer than coming off a substance on one’s own,” Frye said.
The clinic will have a medical staff that includes nurses and three doctors.
Frye said Brookside is a voluntary facility. Patients can come in and leave at any time. If they want to stay a week or six months, it’s their decision, he said.
Another service provided by Brookside will be a program to help patients stop taking Suboxone, a drug prescribed to help people with opioid addiction.
“What sets us apart from any other place I have heard of is that we are going to use part of our facility for a Suboxone step-down program,” Frye said. “Every person I have worked with that takes Suboxone says that they don’t want to be on it the rest of their life. So, we are giving them an opportunity to get off it. You are monitored as you are coming off it, you will be in a place without any kind of temptations. There will be individual and group therapy. It’s a better environment for someone to try to do that than doing it by themselves.”
Patients can walk in, or be referred to Brookside. Medicaid and private insurance is accepted. For more information, call (606) 437-0097.
By Julia Roberts
Appalachian News-Express
