El Paso Behavioral Health System

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
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children

Service Setting

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Pharmacotherapies

• Disulfiram
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Clonidine
• Medication for mental disorders
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents

Hospitals

• Psychiatric hospital

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

• Other contracted prescribing entity

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification

Treatment Approaches

• Brief intervention
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Trauma-related counseling

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

• Private for-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Hospital licensing authority
• The Joint Commission

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Screening for tobacco use
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for mental disorders

Testing

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Cocaine Detoxification
• Methamphetamines detoxification
• Opioids detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification

Education and Counseling Services

• Substance use disorder education
• Individual counseling
• Group counseling
• Family counseling
• Marital/couples counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Sex Accepted

• Female
• Male

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Transportation assistance
• Suicide prevention services