Gay & Gay-Friendly Rehab in Tennessee

Treatment rules and programs in Tennessee

Who oversees treatment

Tennessee's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services licenses alcohol and drug treatment facilities through its Office of Licensure, which checks providers against state law and departmental rules.

Prescription monitoring

Tennessee's prescription monitoring program is the Controlled Substance Monitoring Database, run by the Tennessee Department of Health. It collects dispensing records for Schedule II through V controlled substances and lets authorized practitioners review a patient's prescription history.

Featured residential programs in Tennessee

Why LGBTQ-specific care can matter

Research summarized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse finds that sexual and gender minority people report higher rates of substance use and substance use disorders than the general population. Researchers often explain the gap with minority stress: the extra, ongoing strain of stigma, discrimination and having to stay on guard.

A program with an LGBTQ group gives you a place to talk about those pressures with people who share them, instead of working around them.

What gay-friendly rehab looks like

The programs on this page are residential or hospital programs that report both an LGBTQ program or group and a program for adult men to SAMHSA. That doesn't mean they serve only gay men; it means they have structured groups where gay, bisexual and queer clients can talk openly.

Residential care gives you distance from triggers, a daily structure of therapy and support, and time to rebuild routines in Tennessee or wherever home is.

Gay & Gay-Friendly Rehab by city in Tennessee

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

• Nashville
• Memphis
• Knoxville
• Chattanooga
• Clarksville
• Murfreesboro
• Johnson City
• Kingsport
• Franklin
• Jackson
• Cleveland
• Bristol
• Morristown
• Bartlett
• Hendersonville
• Smyrna
• Collierville
• Cookeville
• Spring Hill
• Gallatin
• Brentwood
• Columbia
• Germantown
• Lebanon
• Mount Juliet
• La Vergne
• Maryville
• Oak Ridge
• Sevierville
• Farragut
• Greeneville
• Harriman
• Shelbyville
• Atoka
• East Ridge
• Dyersburg
• Tullahoma
• La Follette
• Springfield
• Crossville
• Dickson
• Goodlettsville
• Athens
• McMinnville
• Soddy-Daisy
• Elizabethton
• Portland
• Lakeland
• White House
• Manchester
• Lewisburg
• Winchester
• Middle Valley
• Red Bank
• Arlington
• Newport
• Collegedale
• Hartsville
• Seymour
• Lawrenceburg
• Millington
• Paris
• Martin
• Dayton
• Union City
• Clinton
• Nolensville
• Humboldt
• Savannah
• Dandridge

Cost and coverage

The cost of treatment depends mostly on the level of care, length of stay and your insurance. Residential care costs the most; outpatient therapy the least. Many programs on SAMHSA's directory accept private insurance, and some offer sliding-scale fees. See our insurance guides.

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