LGBTQ-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 trauma-informed 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 "LGBTQ-friendly" should mean

Plenty of programs call themselves LGBTQ-friendly. On this site, a program only appears if it reports to SAMHSA that it runs a program or group for LGBTQ clients. The programs on this page also report trauma-related counseling and accept private insurance.

Read LGBTQ-friendly vs LGBTQ-specific rehab to understand the difference.

LGBTQ-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

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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