Treatment
Programs in the
Greater Atlanta Area
The Step-Down Treatment Model Explained
The step-down model of medical health and addiction treatment is a structured approach that gradually transitions individuals from intensive, structured care to more autonomous, community-based support with the goal of independent management for long term stability. The goal of the step-down approach is to provide a continuum of care that supports individuals at various stages of their recovery journey, gradually giving them more independence and responsibility as they progress.
This is the most intensive level of care, usually in a hospital setting. Patients stay in a facility where they receive 24/7 medical supervision and support. The goal of inpatient treatment is stabilization, detoxification, and initial intensive therapy. Inpatient treatment may take place in a hospital, psychiatric hospital, or an independent Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU). Inpatient treatment may occur following an emergency room visit or mandatory 72 hour psychiatric hold.
Patients continue to receive intensive treatment but do not stay overnight. They spend several hours each day at the treatment facility and return home in the evenings. Most PHPs are 5 days a week, Monday through Friday. The focus of PHP is continued intensive therapy, medical monitoring, medication management supervision, and skill-building during the day.
The IOP level involves fewer hours per week than PHP. Patients attend therapy sessions and support groups multiple times a week while living at home. IOP consists of ongoing therapy, relapse prevention, medication adherence and coping strategies with more emphasis on integrating into daily life.
Patients attend therapy and support groups less frequently, typically once or twice a week. The focus of outpatient treatment includes maintenance of recovery, support for dealing with everyday challenges, and continued personal growth. It may include medication management with an outpatient psychiatrist as well.
This is the least intensive level, involving periodic check-ins with a therapist or support group. The goals at this level include long-term support, preventing relapse, and sustaining a healthy lifestyle.
Groups like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and mental health support groups through private therapy settings or organizations such as National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) provide peer support and a sense of community. People who attend support groups benefit from mutual support, shared experiences, and ongoing encouragement in recovery.
| Facility | Location | In Network Insurance | Population | Mental Illness | Substance Addiction/ Misuse | Dual Diagnosis | Residential | PHP | IOP | Outpatient | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Hospital | Atlanta | Most major carriers including Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE. Contact for more | Adults Adolescents Seniors | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Acute inpatient treatment, detox | |
| Arise Treatment Center | Peachtree City | Contact for information | Adults Adolescents (13-18) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Medication assisted treatment, independent living program, family program, sober living, recovery monitoring | |||
| Berman Center | Atlanta (Powers Ferry) | No | Adults Adolescents (14-18) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ (substance abuse) | ✔ (mental illness) | |||
| Buckhead Behavioral Health | Atlanta | Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Tricare | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ Virtual and evening options | ✔ | Detox, 90-Day Rehab, Alumni Program | ||
| Caron Atlanta | Dunwoody | Aetna | Adults Adolescents (13-19) Young adults | ✔ | ✔ | Teen Intervene, The Student Assistance Program | |||||
| Clubhouse Atlanta | Dunwoody | Contact for information | Adults (18+) | ✔ | A transitional program that operates as a community where the day-to-day programming models the traditional work day. | ||||||
| Edge Treatment Center | Roswell | Yes, contact for information | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Day, evening, and weekend addiction program options | |||
| Emory Decatur Hospital (formerly Wesley Woods) | Decatur | Yes, contact for information | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Inpatient services also offered. PHP, IOP in the Transitions program. Emory Emergency Room mental health crisis patients are transferred to Wesley Woods upon availability. | ||||
| Good Landing Recovery | Dacula | No | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Detox | |||
| High Focus Centers | Evans, Johns Creek, Marietta | BCBS, Cigna, Aetna, Optum, First Health, Oscar | Adults Adolescents (12-17) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Programs and modalities may differ among locations. | ||
| Hillside | Atlanta | Medicaid, Tricare, Kaiser Permanente (depending on the program) | Adolescents Children (10-17) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Intensive in-home therapy, virtual IOP, DBT groups, community intervetion program | ||||
| Lakeview Behavioral Health | Norcross | Aetna, BCBS, Carelon, Humana, United Healthcare, and more (contact for more information) | Adults Adolescents (13-17) Seniors | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Detox, Adolescent Virtual IOP | ||
| Laural Heights Hospital | Atlanta | Yes, contact for information | Adolescents (13-17) Children (6-12) | ✔ | ✔ | Acute inpatient, acute inpatient stabilization | |||||
| Manna Treatment Center | Gwinnett | BCBS, Beacon Health, Cigna, Humana, United Health Care, United Behavioral Health | Adults Adolescents | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Women's IOP for trauma based disorders, Family IOP, Specializes in eating disorders | |||
| Meadows Outpatient Center | Sandy Springs | Aetna, Cigna, Anthem BCBS, Tricare, United Healthcare, Optum, Kaiser Permanente | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Based on Pia Mellody’s Meadows Model of Developmental Immaturity. | |||
| Monte Nido | Sandy Springs | Aetna, AmeriHealth, Anthem, Beacon Health Options, BCBS, Cigna, First Health Network, Magellan Health, Multi Plan, Kaiser Permanente, and more | Adults | ✔ | A program specifically for treatment of eating disorders. | ||||||
| Newport Academy | Atlanta | Regence, Anthem, HealthPartners, Empire, BCBS, First Choice Health, Shasta, Carelon, Health Net, Emblem, GEHA, Kaiser Permanente, Quarts, CompPsych, DeanHealthPlan, and more | Adolescents (12-18) Young Adults (18-25) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | The Atlanta location is outpatient only. Refer to website for programs offered at other locations. | |
| New View Wellness | Woodstock | Yes, contact for information | Adult | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Virtual IOP | |||
| North Atlanta Behavioral Health (sister facility to Buckhead Behavioral Health) | Roswell | Anthem, BCBS, Magellan Health, Aetna, Humana | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Outpatient detox, evening IOPs | ||
| Novu Wellness | Sugar Hill | Anthem, BCBS, Magellan Health, Aetna, Humana | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Virtual IOP | ||
| Renfrew Center | Dunwoody | Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Optum, United Behavioral Health, Humana, contact for more | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | A program specifically for treatment of eating disorders, virtual options available | |||
| Recovery DBT | Marietta | Carisk, Carelon, Aetna, Humana, Anthem, Oscar, ValueOptions, First Health, Beacon, BCBS, Meritain, Molina, Amerihealth, Cigna | Adults Adolescents | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Executive Functioning and Learning Enhancement Program (EFLEP), TMS | ||
| Revelare Recovery | Atlanta | Contact for information | Adult | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Transitional living, eating disorder treatment available, women only program | ||
| Rogers Behavioral Health | Sandy Springs | Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Humana, United Behavioral Health | Adults Adolescents Children (age depends on condition and program) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Shallowford Wellness | Atlanta | Contact for information | Adults Adolescents (14-17) Seniors | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Website contains limited information. Contact for further details. | ||
| Skyland Trail | Atlanta | Aetna, BCBS, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, ComPsych, Magellan, Optum/United Behavioral Health/Oscar Health, Humana Military/TRICARE EAST | Adults Adolescents (14-17) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, separate residential campuses for adolescents, young adults, and adults | ||
| Southern Live Oak Wellness (SLOW) | Dunwoody | Contact for information | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Spravato, Alpha-Stim | |
| Step Two Recovery | Roswell | Contact for information | Young Adults (18-25) | ✔ | ✔ | Partner with The Insight Program to provide residential treatment | |||||
| Summit Ridge Hospital | Lawrenceville | Most commercial insurance plans and TRICARE, contact for more information | Adults Adolescents (11-17) Seniors | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Inpatient treatment, detox | ||
| Summit Wellness Group | Midtown, Roswell | Aetna, BCBS, BCBS National, Cigna, ComPsych, GEHA, Humana, Optom, United Healthcare | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Medica detox, sober living | |||
| Talbott Recovery | Atlanta Main, Dunwoody | Most commercial insurance plans and TRICARE, contact for more information | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Professionals Program, medical detox available at sister facility Black Bear Lodge |
| Tangu Recovery | Marietta | Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Humana, Oscar | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔(groups) | ||||
| The Emily Program | Dunwoody | Aetna, Anthem/BCBS, Cigna, ComPsych, Humana, Kaiser, Magellan Health, Medicaid, TennCare (CMO only), MultiPlan, United HealthCare/Optum | Adults Adolescents Young Adults Children (8-24) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Eating Disorders | ||
| The Insight Program | Roswell, Peachtree City | Provides superbill for out of network coverage | Adolescents (13-17) Young Adults (18-25) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Sober social programs, focus on family support, long term follow up programs, partners with Step Two Recovery Center to provide residential treatment. | ||||
| The Recovery Village | Roswell | BCBS, Cigna, Aetna, First Health, and others | Adults | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Detox | ||
| Time Wellness | Atlanta | Anthem, Aetna, BCBS, Beacon Health Options, Cigna, ComPsych, MultiPlan | Adults Adolescents (13-17) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Adolescent Evening IOP | |||
| Torn Counseling & Recovery | Acworth | Aetna, Beacon, BCBS, Humana, Optum, UMR | Adults Adolescents Young Adults (18-25) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Gender specific programs | ||
| Valor Behavioral Health | Atlanta | Aetna, Anthem, BCBS, Cigna, GEHA, United HealthCare, and more | Adults Adolescents (12-18) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Psychiatric Hospitals w/PHP/IOP** | |||||||||||
| Peachford | Dunwoody | Aetna, Anheuser Busch, American Psych System, Amerigroup, Beechstreet, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cameron, Caresource, Cenpatico, Champus, Choice, CIGNA/General Motors, CIGNA, ComPsych, Evercare, First Health, Great West, Health Network/Pro America PPO, Health Plan Select, Integrated Health Plan, Managed Healthcare Administration, Managed Health Network, Medicare, Mental Health Case Management, NPPN, One Health Plan, Owens Corning, PPO Next, Preferred Health Network, Preferred Plan of Georgia, ProAmerica, PHCS, PsychCare, Peach State, Southcare, TRICARE®, United Behavioral Health, Value Options, Wellpoint, Wellcare | Adults Adolescents (13-18) Children (4-12) Seniors | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Inpatient Crisis Stabilization Units*** (CSU) for all ages | ||
| Ridgeview Institute | Smyrna, Monroe | Aetna, Alliant Health Plan, Ambetter, Amerigroup, BCBS, Beacon, Caresource, Cenpatico, CIGNA, ComPsych, DBHDD (short term crisis stabilization), First Health, Humana, Kaiser, Magellan, MultiPlan/PHCS, MH Net, Medicare Advantage, Secure Health Plans, TRICARE®, United Behavioral Health/Optum, VA, Wellcare | Adults Adolescents (12-17) Seniors | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Inpatient Crisis Stabilization Units (CSU) for adolescents, adults, seniors, Recovering Professionals, Telemedicine, Gender specific programs | ||
| Riverwoods | Riverdale | Aetna, Ambetter, Amerigroup, Anthem, BCBS, CareSource, CareSource Marketplace, Cenpatico, ComPsych, GHI, Humana, Medicare, Peachsate, PHCS, TRICARE, United HealthCare/UBH, Value Options, Wellcare, and more | Adults Seniors | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Inpatient Crisis Stabilization Units, Aftercare group therapy | |
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