LGBTQ Detox in Delaware

Treatment rules and programs in Delaware

Who oversees treatment

The Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH), part of the Department of Health and Social Services, oversees the state's substance use services and licenses substance use disorder treatment programs under 16 Del. C. Chapter 22 and its administrative code regulations.

Prescription monitoring

Delaware's Prescription Monitoring Program tracks controlled substance prescriptions in schedules II-V. It is run by the Office of Controlled Substances within the Division of Professional Regulation under 16 Del. C. § 4798.

Public coverage for treatment

Delaware's Medicaid program is administered by the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance within the Department of Health and Social Services. Its covered services include mental health and substance abuse services.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

Delaware has an overdose Good Samaritan law at 16 Del. C. § 4769. A person who seeks help in good faith for an overdose or other life-threatening emergency, or who is the one overdosing, is protected from arrest, charge or prosecution for certain lower-level drug possession offenses, with limits.

Featured detox programs in Delaware

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 detox involves

Detox manages withdrawal safely while a substance leaves your body. Hospital and residential detox provide around-the-clock monitoring; outpatient detox suits milder withdrawal. Alcohol, benzodiazepines and opioids are the substances where medical detox matters most.

Every program on this page reports detox services and an LGBTQ program or group to SAMHSA.

LGBTQ Detox by city in Delaware

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

• Dover
• Wilmington
• Middletown
• Newark
• Lewes
• Milford
• Bear
• Ocean View
• Glasgow
• Brookside
• Hockessin
• Smyrna
• Pike Creek Valley
• Millsboro
• Georgetown
• Seaford
• New Castle

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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