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Center for Behavioral Emergency and — Addiction Research/UTHealth Houston

Services reported to SAMHSA (2025)

This is what the program told SAMHSA in its 2025 national survey. It may have changed; confirm by phone.

Type of Care

  • Substance use treatment
  • Detoxification

Service Setting

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient detoxification
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
  • No payment accepted

Payment Assistance Available

  • Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Adolescents
  • Young adults
  • Adult women
  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Adult men
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Veterans
  • Active duty military
  • Members of military families
  • Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
  • Clients with HIV or AIDS
  • Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
  • Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Clients who have experienced trauma

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

  • Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Pharmacotherapies

  • Buprenorphine with naloxone
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Medications for HIV treatment
  • Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
  • Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/Adolescents

External Opioid Medications Source

  • No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

  • Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

  • In-network prescribing entity
  • No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Type of Opioid Treatment

  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Prescribes buprenorphine
  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
  • Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization

Treatment Approaches

  • Brief intervention
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Contingency management/motivational incentives
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

  • State government

License/Certification/Accreditation

  • State substance use treatment agency
  • State department of health

Assessment/Pre-treatment

  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Complete medical history/physical exam
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Professional interventionist/educational consultant

Testing

  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing
  • STD testing
  • Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
  • Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Transitional Services

  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Outcome follow-up after discharge

Recovery Support Services

  • Self-help groups
  • Housing services
  • Assistance with obtaining social services
  • Recovery coach
  • Mentoring/peer support

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

  • Opioids detoxification
  • Medication routinely used during detoxification

Education and Counseling Services

  • HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
  • Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
  • Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
  • Substance use disorder education
  • Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
  • Individual counseling
  • Group counseling
  • Family counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking not permitted

Sex Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Facility Vaping Policy

  • Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

  • Case management service
  • Early intervention for HIV
  • Mental health services
  • Social skills development
  • Transportation assistance
  • Integrated primary care services
  • Suicide prevention services
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