Chemical Dependency/Substance Abuse Services

UI Behavioral Health professionals evaluate each individual’s needs and develop a comprehensive treatment program for addiction and mental health issues. Professional care and self-help approaches are combined with an emphasis on abstinence, family participation, relapse prevention, and health promotion.

Our team includes:

• Physicians
• Certified substance abuse counselors
• Nurses
• Nurse practitioners
• Certified substance abuse social workers
• Occupational therapists
• Recreational therapists

This integrated, multi-disciplinary team works to provide flexible and complete care for both substance and mental health issues.

Our programs include:

• Dual Diagnosis Partial Hospitalization Program
  This program cares for individuals who have either a medical or mental illness in combination with an addiction. Individuals participate in structured therapy programs during the day and spend nights at home. The staff develops an individualized treatment plan that includes both group and individual counseling as well as medication management to help individuals readjust to community life and/or move into less structured outpatient programs.
• Intensive Outpatient Program
  Individuals with addiction have the option for treatment in an evening outpatient setting while maintaining a job and living at home. This program is designed to aggressively address addiction issues while allowing the individual to continue the tasks of daily living. The program meets three evenings a week and offers individualized treatment plans involving participation in group, family, and individual therapy.
• Extended Outpatient Program
  Services include comprehensive evaluation (including OWI evaluations), group therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, and pharmacotherapy. The focus of therapy is on addiction problems, relapse prevention, and coping skills. Patients learn about the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of addictive behaviors.
• Professional Program
  A variety of outpatient services are available as part of a unique treatment program designed to meet the needs of professionals with substance abuse issues. Services include individual and group therapy, tailored treatment planning, UA testing, and assistance with management of various board requirements.
• Student Outpatient Program
  A full spectrum of outpatient services are provided for students. The STOP program promotes healthy, low-risk behaviors and responsible decision making concerning the use of alcohol and other drugs by providing treatment services to all college-age students twice a week.
• After-care Services
  A variety of services are offered to provide continued support in recovery.

Our Mission Statement:

• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Chemical Dependency Services is dedicated to:
• Offering care and hope to all substance abusing patient
• Meeting the special needs of dual diagnosis patients
• Providing resources to UI Hospitals and Clinics clinical departments, the general university community and the State of Iowa
• Training tomorrow’s health professionals
• Advancing evidence-based practices

Child Behavioral Disorders
This category includes child management problems and the diagnoses of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder. Children with these disorders manifest a pattern of negative, hostile, defiant behavior, and occasionally aggressive behavior.

For More Information

• Center for Disabilities and Development provides behavioral assessment and treatment for serious behavior problems associated with mental retardation, brain injury, or other neurodevelopmental disorders. The Center’s Biobehavioral Service uses applied behavior analysis to determine the function of problem behaviors and to design treatment plans to reduce self-injury, noncompliance, and aggression. Strategies for increasing communication skills, task completion, and social interaction are also core components of treatment. Services are provided through outpatient evaluations, intensive treatment programs, and community consultation/outreach. Call 319-353-6900 or 877- 686-0031.
  
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers evaluation, consultation, and treatment for patients with behavioral disorders. During the initial evaluation or consultation, individual recommendations for treatment are discussed. This treatment may be provided in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic or in our downtown location at Plaza Centre One. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services include medication management, educational consultation/testing, psychological testing, individual therapy, and family counseling. Call 319-356-1188 or 877-384-8999.
  
• Pediatric Psychology. This clinic evaluates and treats children with behavior problems where there is also a need to examine parent-child interaction problems. This clinic is unique in providing functional behavioral analysis that results in a treatment designed for parent and child management problems. In this clinic, children also receive medical, speech, nursing and social service evaluation. Call 888-573-5437 or 319-356-2434.

For information or to schedule an appointment, call
319-384-8765
877-384-8765
Between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

5 Boyd Tower, General Hospital. Elevator A to Level Five

Jill Liesveld, MD
Medical Director
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine