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Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Bridges of Iowa
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Bridges of Iowa accepts Medicaid (Amerigroup, Iowa Total Care, Molina Healthcare starting July 2023), Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Beacon Health Options. Contact their admissions team to verify your coverage and discuss treatment options.
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About Bridges of Iowa
Bridges of Iowa provides long-term residential treatment for individuals struggling with addiction. Their program includes a structured, community-based approach that offers support for more than a year. Clients receive personalized care that helps them transition from intense treatment to greater independence, with a focus on finding employment and rebuilding their lives.
Grow with Personalized Support
Bridges' evidence-based and holistic therapies guide individuals through recovery. The treatment combines group therapy, one-on-one counseling, and support groups like AA/NA. Clients also engage in health and wellness activities, community service, and life skills development. These elements support long-term sobriety by addressing physical, emotional, and social needs.
Experience Stability and Structure
While at Bridges, clients have access to supportive housing in a structured, supervised environment. They live in shared rooms with communal areas for meals and activities. The program offers a balance of guidance and personal growth, with outdoor breaks and transportation assistance, helping clients prepare for their eventual return to independent living.
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Insurance Accepted
Provider's Policy:Bridges of Iowa accepts Medicaid (Amerigroup, Iowa Total Care, Molina Healthcare starting July 2023), Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Beacon Health Options. Contact their admissions team to verify your coverage and discuss treatment options.
Medicaid
<p>Signed into law through the Social Security Act in 1965, Medicaid is a United States government program that offers health insurance to those with limited income.</p>
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BlueCross BlueShield
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Carelon Behavioral Health
Carelon Behavioral Health, formerly Beacon Health Options, is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and serves over 40 million people.
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Center Overview
Older Adults
Addiction and mental health treatment caters to adults 55+ and the age-specific challenges that can come with recovery, wellness, and overall happiness.
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Midlife Adults
For adults ages 40+, treatment shifts to focus on the unique challenges, blocks, and risk factors of their age group, and unites peers in a similar community.
Treatment Focus
This center treats primary substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Care Options
Treatment
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Therapeutic Community
Therapeutic communities allow patients to contribute to the success and progress of their community, through healthy behaviors or even basic chores.
Twelve Step
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Relapse Prevention Counseling
Relapse prevention counselors teach patients to recognize the signs of relapse and reduce their risk.
Spiritual Care
Tending to spiritual health helps treatment become more effective, allowing patients to better cope with their emotions and rebuild their spiritual wellbeing.
Twelve Step Facilitation
12-Step groups offer a framework for addiction recovery. Members commit to a higher power, recognize their issues, and support each other in the healing process.
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Ecstasy
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
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