LGBTQ-Friendly Rehab in Maine

Treatment rules and programs in Maine

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 trauma-informed programs in Maine

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 "LGBTQ-friendly" should mean

Friendly should mean more than a rainbow logo. Look for an actual LGBTQ group, staff training, inclusive intake forms with space for your name and pronouns, and policies against harassment from other clients.

LGBTQ-Friendly Rehab 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

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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