Gay & Gay-Friendly Rehab in Mississippi

Treatment rules and programs in Mississippi

Who oversees treatment

The Governor has designated the Mississippi Department of Mental Health to administer the state's substance use block grant, and the department runs the public substance use disorder system. It certifies community alcohol and drug service providers rather than licensing them.

Prescription monitoring

Mississippi's Prescription Monitoring Program is operated by the state Board of Pharmacy. Pharmacies report controlled substances dispensed to patients, and the data is available to authorized users.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

The Mississippi Medical Emergency Good Samaritan Act (Miss. Code 41-29-149.1) protects a person who seeks help in good faith for a drug overdose from arrest or prosecution for certain low-level possession and paraphernalia offenses discovered because of the emergency.

Court-ordered treatment

Mississippi has a court process for alcohol and drug commitment. An interested person files an affidavit with the chancery court after a community mental health center screening, and the court may order inpatient or outpatient treatment.

Featured residential programs in Mississippi

Being able to be yourself in treatment

Treatment works best when you can talk honestly about your life: your partner, your family, your gender, where and why you use. In a program that runs an LGBTQ group, those conversations are expected rather than awkward. Ask any program how staff are trained and how they handle names, pronouns and rooming.

See questions to ask an LGBTQ rehab before you commit.

What gay-friendly rehab looks like

Gay-friendly rehab is still rehab: detox if you need it, therapy, groups, and an aftercare plan. What changes is that your relationships, social life and identity are part of the conversation instead of something you edit out.

Gay & Gay-Friendly Rehab by city in Mississippi

Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.

• Jackson
• Gulfport
• Hattiesburg
• Southaven
• Pascagoula
• Biloxi
• Tupelo
• Olive Branch
• Oxford
• Meridian
• Starkville
• Columbus
• Greenville
• Horn Lake
• Pearl
• Vicksburg
• Natchez
• Laurel
• Madison
• Clinton
• Brandon
• Ridgeland
• Greenwood
• Gautier
• Ocean Springs
• Picayune
• McComb
• Hernando
• Long Beach
• Clarksdale
• Yazoo City
• Corinth
• Cleveland
• Canton
• Bay St. Louis
• D'Iberville
• Moss Point
• Grenada
• Brookhaven
• Byram
• Petal
• West Point
• Flowood
• Holly Springs
• Senatobia

Using your insurance

Before you call a program, have your insurance card ready and ask three things: is the program in network, does this level of care need prior authorization, and what will you owe after the deductible. Our insurance guides walk through major carriers.

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