UAB Center for Psychiatric Medicine

1737 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233

Birmingham, Alabama

205-934-4107

About UAB Center for Psychiatric Medicine

UAB Center for Psychiatric Medicine is located in Birmingham, Alabama. Their facility is located on the campus of the University of Alabama in a high-rise medical office building on the campus of The University of Birmingham, near the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Vulcan Park and Museum and not far from the Birmingham Zoo. They provide high quality care to address and treat your behavioral health substance use and mental health issues.

Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Care

I like that they provide initial evaluations for treatment to determine the level of care you may require. They’ll determine if your needs require acute care. They provide outpatient treatment care to adults and children. They provide services regardless of clients’ insurance status. Referrals are accepted from the court system and through other medical facilities, and they also welcome walk-ins.

Referrals for Offsite Residential Treatment Programs

Prior to entering the program, you’re first assessed with a counselor through a phone conversation who then determines the next best steps in your treatment. Each evaluation can take up to two hours. I like that there are separate evals for different age groups, including one for geriatrics.

However, you must first be diagnosed as having a substance use disorder before being admitted. I think it’s good to know that if clients don’t meet the criteria, there are options to receive interventions. They also provide referral services to outside residential treatment programs, which they do not offer at UAB.

Personal Counselor and Case Manager

Once you’re diagnosed, they’ll assign a personal case manager. In their Beacon Recovery program in a different Birmingham location, they create schedules for treatment with an assigned counselor, access to medication-based treatment care if needed, and any outside referrals for care programs not offered by UAB. They’ll essentially be your point person for access to care while in treatment at UAB.

For convenience, they offer services through telehealth utilizing secure software that helps you stay in contact with all members of your care team, including peers, case manager and counselors.

Amenities

Private Rehab

Private drug rehab provides a comfortable, secure environment that allows you to focus on doing the work to get your life back on track. Benefits include a higher staff-to-client ratio, increased one-on-one time with therapists and healthcare providers, private rooms for clients, and customized forms of therapy.

Private Rooms

In order to maintain a sense of autonomy, many private rehab facilities offer clients the ability to choose their own private rooms. The privacy and personal space ensure that the recovery process is as comfortable as possible.

Business Center

Business centers are a preferred amenity in many mental health and addiction recovery facilities and typically feature secure, high-speed internet, computer stations, printers, and related business technologies. Business centers are designed to enable professionals and students to continue to participate in work or school activities without leaving the treatment facility.

Addiction Treatment Programs

Teen & Adolescent Program

A young adult program in Alabama offers treatment tailored to young adults to provide the self-care, connection, and self-understanding they need to move forward in life. This treatment is designed by specialists who are familiar with the challenges of this stage of life.

Adult Program

Adult rehab programs in Alabama provide addiction treatment for men and women ages 18 and older. Treatment focuses on helping adults break their dependence on substances and learn ways to live a sober lifestyle.

Men's Rehab

Men’s rehab in Alabama offers treatment for men who have a substance use disorder. This treatment is designed to target issues that men commonly face when struggling with addiction.

Women's Rehab

Women often develop substance use disorders differently than men. Women’s rehab in Alabama addresses these unique developments and provides treatment designed specifically for women.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavioral therapy in Alabama helps people overcome addiction by managing challenging emotions and thoughts. It is commonly used during addiction and co-occurring disorder treatment.

Senior Drug & Alcohol Rehab

Elderly rehab in Alabama is addiction treatment designed for older adults. These programs may offer detox, residential treatment, or outpatient treatment as well as case management for aftercare.

Rational Behavior Therapy (RBT)

Rational emotive behavioral therapy in Alabama focuses on beliefs and how they influence an individual’s feelings and actions. It helps the individual identify irrational beliefs and develop healthier thought patterns, which leads to healthier substance use choices.

Fitness Therapy

Fitness therapy is an evidence-based complementary approach to addiction recovery and mental health care. Based on mounting scientific evidence of the benefits of physical activity in improving mood, enhancing clients’ sense of wellbeing, and decreasing depression and anxiety, fitness therapy encompasses a wide spectrum of intensities, from gentle yoga, qigong, and tai chi to weight training, kickboxing, and other highly physical activities.

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an integrative, community-based care strategy designed to address the needs of persons with severe and/or complex mental illness or behavioral disorders. ACT is typically provided by a multidisciplinary team of medical and mental health care providers, social workers, therapists, and other specialists, including addiction recovery professionals. These services are frequently provided in the home and community to clients in crisis, those who are clinically unstable, and those who are unable or unwilling to travel to a hospital or clinic for in-person treatment.

Levels of Care

Outpatient Rehab

Outpatient rehab in Alabama allows you to attend a few hours of counseling each week, spread out over several days. You can spend the rest of your time at home, working, or fulfilling other obligations. The length of time in this type of program varies by individual.

Dual Diagnosis & Mental Health

Alabama dual diagnosis treatment takes an integrated approach to substance abuse and mental health disorders that occur simultaneously. Since co-occurring disorders tend to have overlapping symptoms, treating both conditions at the same time is essential for recovery.

Inpatient Rehab

Residential or inpatient rehab in Alabama involves living at the rehab facility and receiving 24/7 supervised care. A combination of treatment interventions is offered, including individual and group therapy, nutritional counseling, experiential therapies, and medication.

Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

Many drug rehabs in Alabama offer partial hospitalization programs (PHPs), a type of outpatient treatment that allows you to live at home while receiving addiction treatment at a rehab facility. A typical day is filled with individual and group therapy sessions, recovery education, periodic medical evaluations, and drilling aftercare skills to prevent relapse.