Horizon Treatment Services
Sobering Centers Ep 01
What are sobering centers in the continuum of addiction and mental health care? Horizon Services' Director of sobering program design, Shannon Bernardin-Smith, is a top expert in this field. She is President and co-founder of the National Sobering Collaborative which brings sobering care workers from around our nation together to develop best practices. Enjoy the episode!
From Sobering Center FAQs by Shannon Smith-Bernardin PhD, RN:
A sobering center is a typically community-based program that provides short-term (4-12 hour) care and monitoring of individuals during acute intoxication, often as an alternative to the emergency department or jail. The essential goal of a sobering center is to reduce the harms associated with acute intoxication, such as injury or poisoning, and help the individual return to a baseline where they can safely care for themselves. It is not a treatment program, though most sobering centers screen for and provide education around substance use disorders and prioritize assisting people to access appropriate stabilizing services such as detoxification and treatment.
What are sobering centers in the continuum of addiction and mental health care? Horizon Services' Director of sobering program design, Shannon Bernardin-Smith, is a top expert in this field. She is President and co-founder of the National Sobering Collaborative which brings sobering care workers from around our nation together to develop best practices. Enjoy the episode!
From Sobering Center FAQs by Shannon Smith-Bernardin PhD, RN:
A sobering center is a typically community-based program that provides short-term (4-12 hour) care and monitoring of individuals during acute intoxication, often as an alternative to the emergency department or jail. The essential goal of a sobering center is to reduce the harms associated with acute intoxication, such as injury or poisoning, and help the individual return to a baseline where they can safely care for themselves. It is not a treatment program, though most sobering centers screen for and provide education around substance use disorders and prioritize assisting people to access appropriate stabilizing services such as detoxification and treatment.