U-M Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS)

U-M Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS)

  • About
  • Approach
  • Services
  • Appointments
  • Resources

    • University of Michigan Addiction Treatment Services provides tailored, evidence-based outpatient addiction treatment, specializing in treatment services for adults, young adults, and adolescents. This includes individuals with both mental health and substance use issues.

    Our Approach

    Our team of doctors, psychologists and social workers is dedicated to providing excellent care for individuals and families suffering from addictive disorders. UMATS is currently accepting new patients and offers virtual services, but a patient’s type of insurance matters greatly in the ability of patients to be seen for addiction care. We also provide support services to families affected by a loved one’s addiction. Our services are based on the latest research along with successful models of care and the wisdom of recovering individuals - all delivered with compassion, hope and respect.

    Services

    Some of the services we offer include:

    • Standard and Intensive outpatient programs

    • Psychiatric assessment and treatment

    • Opioid Maintenance Therapy (OMT)

    • Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT)

    • Outpatient detoxification, when appropriate

    • Specialized group therapy

    • Individual and family therapy

    • Adolescent program for substance use treatment for individuals aged 12-17 years

    • Health Professionals Recovery Program - a specialized treatment program for health professionals

    Appointment Information

    By appointment only; we do not accept walk-ins! We offer virtual visits and are accepting new patients. To schedule an appointment, call the Psychiatry Call Center: 734-764-0231 or 800-525-5188

    In case of a psychiatric emergency, please contact Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES), which provides emergency/urgent walk-in evaluations and crisis phone services for all ages 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. PES phone: 734-936-5900 or 734-996-4747. You can also call 911.

    Resources by Type

    Washtenaw Alano Club
    • 365 Ways to Have Fun Sober by Lisa Hann
    • A Woman’s Way Through the 12 Steps by Stephanie S. Covington
    • Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change by Jeffrey Foote, et. al.
    • Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola
    • Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp
    • Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol by Ann Dowsett Johnston
    • Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw
    • Inside Rehab by Anne Fletcher
    • Lit by Mary Karr
    • Recovery Dharma: How to Use Buddhist Practices and Principles to Heal the Suffering of Addiction by Recovery Dharma
    • Sober Curious by Ruby Warrington
    • Sober for Good by Anne Fletcher
    • The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray
    • This is How: Surviving What You Think You Can’t by Augusten Burroughs
    • This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
    • Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You: A Guide for Parents of Drug and Alcohol Addicted Children by Charles Rubin
    • I Love You, More: Short Stories of Addiction, Recovery, and Loss From the Family's Perspective by Blake E. Cohen
    • It Takes a Family by Debra Jay
    • Love First by Debra and Jeff Jay
    • Tending Dandelions: Honest Meditations for Mothers with Addicted Children by Sanda Swenson

    Blogs

    • A Sober Girls Guide – for women with a focus on mental health, wellness and guidance toward recovery
    • Recovery Speakers– created to provide resources for people recovery from alcohol and other substances
    • Sober Black Girls Club–for black women sober or moving in that direction
    • This Naked Mind – created to help reframe the desire of not to drink versus how to be sober
    • The Sober School – created to share helpful tips for living alcohol free life

    Podcasts
    • 12-Step Meditation Daily Reflections for AA, NA and Al-Anon
    • 24 Hours a Day
    • AA Big Book
    • Nomo-Sobriety Clocks
    • Pear reSET
    • Quitzilla
    • SMART Recovery
    • Sober Grid
    • SoberTool
    • WEconnect

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