Advantage Behavioral Health Systems in Monroe, GA

Walton County Mental Health Center

About This Facility

Directory information from SAMHSA N-SUMHSS 2025. This listing is not an endorsement or independent verification. Confirm current services, eligibility, and availability directly with the facility.

Services Listed in the Directory

  • Aftercare/continuing care

  • Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

  • Alcohol Detoxification

  • Anger management

    Uses strategies to address the anger cycle, conflict resolution, assertiveness skills, and anger-control plans. The goal of anger management is to reduce both emotional feelings and the physiological arousal that anger causes.

  • Assistance with obtaining social services

    Assistance obtaining government services provided for the benefit of the community designed to promote social well being (i.e. education, medical care, housing, etc.).

  • Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

    Service provided for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing.

  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing

    A device for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC) from a breath sample.

  • Benzodiazepines Detoxification

    Used to help patients safely and successfully purge their bodies of Benzodiazepines, or Benzos, so that they can proceed to the next stage of addiction treatment.

  • Residential beds for clients' children

    A residential treatment program that offers beds for children while their parents are in treatment.

  • Brief intervention

    A short-term intervention, usually one to five sessions, for substance abusers who are not yet dependent.

  • Buprenorphine sub-dermal implant

    A subdermal (just below the skin) implant consisting of four small devices, about the size of a matchstick, surgically placed under the skin in the patient’s upper arm. The device releases a steady, measured dose of buprenorphine for six months.

  • Buprenorphine used in Treatment

    Buprenorphine is used in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to help people reduce or quit their use of heroin or other opiates.

  • Buprenorphine maintenance

  • Buprenorphine with naloxone

    A prescription medication that combines buprenorphine (which helps relieve symptoms of opiate withdrawal) and naloxone (reverse the effects of narcotics) used to treat opioid addiction.

  • Buprenorphine without naloxone

    An opioid used to treat opioid addiction by relieving the symptoms of withdrawal. It can be used under the tongue, by injection, as a skin patch, or as an implant.

  • Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

    An independent non-profit accreditor of health and human services.

  • Cash or self-payment

    Payment for treatment is made by the person directly, through cash or other means, rather than using health insurance.

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy

    Involves recognizing unhelpful patterns of thinking and reacting, and then modifying or replacing these with more realistic or helpful ones. The therapy can be conducted with individuals, families, or groups, and clients are generally expected to be active participants in their own therapy.

  • Cocaine Detoxification

  • Children/Adolescents

    Facility accepts children/adolescents (17 or younger) for treatment.

  • Clonidine

  • Case management service

    Helps people arrange for appropriate services and supports through a case manager who monitors the needs of clients/patients and their families and coordinates services, such as mental health, social work, health, educational, vocational, recreational, transportation, advocacy, and respite care, as needed.

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment

    An examination used to determine if a patient is functioning on a healthy psychological, social, or developmental level. It can also be used to aid diagnosis of some neurological disorders, specific diseases, or possible drug abuse.

  • Contingency management/motivational incentives

    A treatment approach for drug and alcohol use. This approach uses a positive-reinforcement treatment method in which patients are given rewards for constructive actions taken toward their recovery.

  • Comprehensive substance use assessment

  • Drug or alcohol urine screening

    Analyzes your urine for the presence of certain illegal drugs and prescription medications.

  • Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification

  • Discharge Planning

    A process that aims to improve the coordination of services after discharge from the hospital by considering the patient’s needs in the community.

  • Detoxification

    Treatment given to people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol in order to stop them from being addicted.

  • Employment counseling or training

    Advises, coaches, provides information to and supports people who are planning, seeking and managing their life/work direction.

  • Family counseling

    A type of psychological counseling (psychotherapy) that can help family members improve communication and resolve conflicts.

  • Female

    Female

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

    Financial assistance provided by the federal, state, or local government for substance use treatment.

  • Group counseling

    Form of therapy where people with similar experiences/issues come together with a professional therapist.

  • HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support

    Access to education, counseling, and support groups to ‘at risk’ individuals and also individuals who have been infected with the virus.

  • Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination

  • Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination

  • Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

    Test for Hepatitis C, which is usually done and recommended for persons currently injecting drugs, ever injected drugs, were prior recipients of transfusions or organ transplants, or have certain medical conditions, including persons: 1. who received clotting factor concentrates produced before 1987 2. who were ever on long-term hemodialysis 3. with persistently abnormal alanine aminotransferase levels (ALT) 4. who have HIV infection

  • Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis

    Any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their health, by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes.

  • Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home

    Housing for individuals recovering from substance abuse that is designed to provide a drug and alcohol-free living environment and appropriate support services to facilitate movement to independent living. Such housing includes transitional living, sober houses, sober living, recovery houses, and 3/4 houses.

  • HIV testing

    Determines whether you are infected with HIV, a virus that weakens the immune system and can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

  • Housing services

    Are designed to assist individuals with finding and maintaining appropriate housing arrangements.

  • Individual counseling

    Process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained mental health clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.

  • Intensive outpatient treatment

  • Integrated primary care services

    These services address the general health care needs of persons with mental and substance use disorders. These general health care needs include the prevention and treatment of chronic illnesses (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease) that can be aggravated by poor health habits such as inadequate physical activity, poor nutrition, and smoking. The services include screening, care coordination with staff, and providing linkages to ensure that all patient needs are met in order to promote wellness and produce the best outcomes.

  • Male

    Male

  • Medicare

    The federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older and people with disabilities.

  • Marital/couples counseling

  • Medicaid

    A joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.

  • Medication routinely used during detoxification

  • Methamphetamines detoxification

  • Mental health services

    Assessment, diagnosis, treatment or counseling in a professional relationship to assist an individual or group in alleviating mental or emotional illness, symptoms, conditions or disorders.

  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.

  • Motivational interviewing

    A counseling approach which acknowledges that many people experience ambivalence when deciding to make changes. The aim is not to focus immediately on the action of changing, but to work to enhance motivation to change.

  • Medication for mental disorders

  • Adult men

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for adult men.

  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring

  • Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization

  • Naloxone and overdose education

  • Nicotine replacement

    Administers nicotine to the body by means other than tobacco, without other harmful chemicals found in tobacco. Common forms of nicotine replacement therapy are nicotine patches, nicotine gum or lozenges, nasal spray and inhaler. The goal of nicotine replacement is to prevent cravings in a tobacco user, allowing the person to abstain from tobacco.

  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

    Medications that do not contain nicotine but are designed to reduce a person's craving for tobacco. Some common examples are Bupropion (Zyban, Wellbutrin) and Nortriptyline (Pamelor). Medications are often prescribed in conjunction with counseling or support groups to provide the best chance for achieving long-term smoking abstinence. (http://www.mayoclinic.com)

  • Naltrexone used in Treatment

  • Naltrexone (oral)

  • Outpatient detoxification

  • Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization

  • Opioids detoxification

  • Outcome follow-up after discharge

  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment

  • Outpatient

    Describes patients who receive treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment facility or hospital.

  • Outreach to persons in the community

  • Regular outpatient treatment

  • Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

    A program which helps low-income, uninsured, or underinsured patients who need help paying for all or part of their medical bills.

  • No formal relationship with prescribing entity

  • Mentoring/peer support

  • Private health insurance

  • This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

  • Pregnant/postpartum women

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Pregnant/postpartum women.

  • Recovery coach

    Are provided by mental health consumers and include mental health treatment or support services, such as social clubs, peer-support groups, and other peer-organized or consumer-run activities (e.g., consumer satisfaction evaluations of mental health treatment).

  • Residential detoxification

  • Relapse prevention

    A cognitive behavioral therapy developed for the treatment of problem drinking and adapted later for treatment of cocaine addiction. Individuals learn to identify and correct problematic behaviors. Relapse prevention encompasses several cognitive behavioral strategies that facilitate abstinence as well as provide help for people who experience relapse.

  • Residential/24-hour residential

  • Relapse prevention with naltrexone

    Program or group specifically tailored for relapse prevention from Naltrexone which helps people retrain their minds and behaviors to avoid alcohol as a solution to emotional or psychological triggers.

  • Short-term residential

  • Substance use treatment

    Refers to a range of services, including problem identification and diagnosis, brief interventions, assessment of substance use and related problems, treatment planning, counseling, medical services, psychiatric services, psychological services, social services, and follow-up for persons with alcohol or other drug problems (Institute of Medicine, 1990).

  • Substance use disorder counseling

    A short-term treatment that has been generalized for a variety of disorders including opiate drug dependence and cocaine abuse. The therapy includes supportive techniques which encourage the patient to discuss personal experiences, and expressive techniques, which enable the patient to work through interpersonal relationship issues and gain greater self-understanding.

  • Substance use disorder education

  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

  • Screening for mental disorders

    Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of mental health conditions and needs treatment.

  • Smoking not permitted

    Smoking is not allowed.

  • Suicide prevention services

    Services include identifying risk factors; educating staff on the signs of suicidal behavior and using methods to detect risk; and the assessment, intervention, and management of suicidal patients including treatment of an underlying mental or substance use disorder, and use of psychotropic medication, supportive services, and education. Hotlines help individuals to contact the nearest suicide prevention mental health provider.

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

    Variable prices for services based on a person’s ability to pay.

  • State substance use treatment agency

    Government organization responsible for planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring substance use disorder services in their respective state.

  • Social skills development

  • Screening for substance use

    Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of substance use and needs treatment.

  • State government

    Government of a state or country subdivision in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal government and must meet certain standards set by the federal government but are free to expand beyond what exists at the federal level and improve services, access, and protections for consumers, such as mental health and substance use services, in that state.

  • State mental health department

    Government organization responsible for planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring critical mental health services in their respective state.

  • Screening for tobacco use

    Determines a client's use of tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, or smokeless tobacco. It is generally recommended that providers screen for tobacco use on a regular basis by asking clients, as they are seen, about their current and past use of tobacco products and their exposure to secondhand smoke or tobacco.

  • Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children

    Refers to treatment services intended to help their clients’ ability to function as a result of substance use and/or mental disorders. By definition, serious mental illness is someone over 18 having (within the past year) a diagnosable mental, behavior, or emotional disorder that causes serious functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities. For people under the age of 18, the term ‟Serious Emotional Disturbance” refers to a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder in the past year, which resulted in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits the child’s role or functioning in family, school, or community activities.

  • Transportation assistance

  • Hepatitis education, counseling, or support

    Provides education, counseling, and guidance and support for individuals who are at risk for or potentially infected with the hepatitis virus.

  • TB screening

    Skin tests that are used to screen people who are at high risk for TB exposure such as people with diseases or conditions that weaken their immune system.

  • Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

    Includes interventions for persons who use tobacco and want help with stopping, including behavioral support or counseling in groups or individually.

  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

    The ability for healthcare providers, working remotely and using telecommunications technology, to communicate with patients, diagnose conditions, provide treatment, and discuss healthcare issues with other providers to ensure quality healthcare services are provided.

  • Treatment for other addiction disorder

    Treatment for behavioral addictions or process addictions and occur when a person is dependent upon a specific behavior (i.e. gambling addiction, compulsive shopping disorder, etc.).

  • Trauma-related counseling

    Multiple types of therapy designed to treat clients suffering from a traumatic event(s).

  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

  • Clients who have experienced trauma

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced trauma.

  • Prescribes buprenorphine

  • Prescribes naltrexone

  • Vaping not permitted

  • Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)

  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)

  • Adult women

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for adult women.

Contact and Location

834 Highway 11 SW, Monroe, GA, 30655

Phone: 855-333-9544