Mela Counseling Services Center Inc
5723 Whittier Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90022
Mela Counseling Services Center Inc is an intensive outpatient and outpatient facility in Los Angeles, CA offering substance use treatment. Buprenorphine and Naltrexone are used for opioid use disorder. It reports accepting self-payment and Medicare, with a sliding fee scale based on income.
Licenses and accreditations
- State department of healthLicensed by the state's department of health.
- State substance use treatment agencyLicensed by the state's substance use treatment agency.
Kinds of care
- Substance use treatment
- Treatment for alcohol and drug use.
Settings
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Several hours of treatment a day, several days a week, while living at home.
- Outpatient
- Regular appointments while living at home.
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone for opioid use, with counseling, without staying overnight.
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Weekly or less frequent appointments while living at home.
Medications for opioid use
- Buprenorphine used in Treatment
- Buprenorphine is used here.
- Naltrexone used in Treatment
- Naltrexone is used here.
- Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
- Accepts clients whose medication for opioid use is prescribed elsewhere.
- Prescribes naltrexone
- Prescribes naltrexone.
- Relapse prevention with naltrexone
- Naltrexone to help prevent relapse.
Payment
- Accepted
- Cash or self-payment; Medicare.
- Help with cost
- A sliding fee scale: the fee depends on income and other factors.
Who they serve
- Ages served
- Adults, 26 to 64; Children and adolescents, 17 or younger; Seniors, 65 and older; Young adults, 18 to 25.
- Sex
- Female; Male.
- Programs for
- Adolescents; Adult men; Adult women; Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence; Clients who have experienced sexual abuse; Clients who have experienced trauma; Clients with HIV or AIDS; Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders; Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders; Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients; Pregnant/postpartum women; Seniors or older adults; Veterans; Young adults.
- Languages
- Spanish.
More details this facility reports
- External Opioid Medications Source
- In-network prescribing entity; No formal relationship with prescribing entity; Other contracted prescribing entity.
- Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere; This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder.
- External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- In-network prescribing entity; No formal relationship with prescribing entity; Other contracted prescribing entity.
- Pharmacotherapies
- Acamprosate (Campral®); Buprenorphine with naloxone; Buprenorphine without naloxone; Disulfiram; Naltrexone (oral); Nicotine replacement; Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation.
- Treatment Approaches
- Anger management; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Matrix Model; Motivational interviewing; Relapse prevention; Substance use disorder counseling.
- Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)
- Private non-profit organization.
- Assessment/Pre-treatment
- Complete medical history/physical exam; Comprehensive substance use assessment; Interim services for clients; Outreach to persons in the community; Screening for substance use; Screening for tobacco use.
- Testing
- Drug or alcohol urine screening.
- Transitional Services
- Aftercare/continuing care; Discharge Planning; Naloxone and overdose education; Outcome follow-up after discharge.
- Recovery Support Services
- Assistance with obtaining social services; Employment counseling or training; Housing services; Mentoring/peer support.
- Education and Counseling Services
- Family counseling; Group counseling; HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support; Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis; Hepatitis education, counseling, or support; Individual counseling; Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling; Substance use disorder education.
- Facility Smoking Policy
- Smoking not permitted.
- Facility Vaping Policy
- Vaping not permitted.
- Ancillary Services
- Case management service; Integrated primary care services; Social skills development; Suicide prevention services.
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