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Who oversees treatment
In Maine, the Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Licensing and Certification, through its Behavioral Health Program, licenses mental health and substance use disorder programs.
Prescription monitoring
Maine's Prescription Monitoring Program is a secure statewide database that lets providers check a patient's controlled substance history before prescribing or dispensing.
Overdose Good Samaritan law
Maine's overdose Good Samaritan law (17-A M.R.S. 1111-B) protects the caller, anyone giving aid, and the person overdosing from arrest and prosecution arising from the emergency response, with exceptions for certain serious offenses.
Featured IOP and day programs in Maine
Acadia Hospital
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)IOP / PHPDrug treatmentDual diagnosisCrooked River Counseling PA – Main Office
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)IOP / PHPAlcohol treatmentDrug treatmentAroostook Mental Health Center – Calais Outpatient Office
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)IOP / PHPAlcohol treatmentDrug treatmentAroostook Mental Health Center
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)IOP / PHPDrug treatmentDual diagnosisAroostook Mental Health Center – Fort Kent Outpatient Office
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)IOP / PHPAlcohol treatmentDrug treatmentAroostook Mental Health Center – Houlton Outpatient Office
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)IOP / PHPAlcohol treatmentDrug treatmentAvalon Counseling Services
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)IOP / PHPAlcohol treatmentDrug treatmentCarpe Diem Behavioral Associates Inc
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)IOP / PHPDrug treatmentCentral Maine Family Counseling PA – Blue Willow Cnty Lewiston East Ave
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)IOP / PHPAlcohol treatmentDrug treatmentAroostook Mental Health Center – Machias Outpatient Office
LGBTQ program (SAMHSA)IOP / PHPAlcohol treatmentDrug treatmentBeing 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.
How IOP and PHP work
Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) usually meet about three hours a day, three to five days a week. Partial hospitalization programs (PHP), also called day treatment, run most of the day while you sleep at home. Both deliver group and individual therapy, and many include medication management.
Every program on this page reports one of these levels of care plus an LGBTQ program or group.
LGBTQ Addiction Treatment by city in Maine
Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.
- Portland
- Bangor
- Lewiston
- Sanford
- Waterville
- South Portland
- Auburn
- Augusta
- Biddeford
- Saco
- Westbrook
- Brewer
- Presque Isle
- Rockland
- Ellsworth
- Caribou
Paying for treatment
Most private health insurance plans cover addiction treatment, including detox, residential care and outpatient programs, though coverage depends on your plan and whether the program is in network. Ask about prior authorization before you go, and see our insurance guides.
Other treatment in Maine
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