Mental Health and Recovery

Psychosis and Substance Use Safety

If you or someone you care about seems disconnected from reality while substances are involved, safety comes first. Your alarm is understandable. For urgent danger, overdose, seizure, breathing trouble, or loss of consciousness, call 911 before contacting Choice.

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Start with a clear next step.

You may be unsure whether unusual perceptions, beliefs, confusion, or behavior require urgent help. The Recovery Resource Center offers broader support context, and Contact Choice Recovery Path is for stable, nonurgent questions. If your needs involves urgent danger, overdose, severe withdrawal, seizure, breathing trouble, loss of consciousness, or suicidal danger, call 911.

Psychosis is a serious clinical concern that can have other causes, including mental-health conditions, substances, medications, or medical problems. A direct talk can help you learn what this means for your needs. Describe what you directly observe, including when it began, substances involved if known, sleep changes, medical concerns, and whether the person can remain safe. Avoid arguing about beliefs during a volatile needs.

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The admissions team can listen, explain current outpatient options, and help you begin without requiring you to know every program detail first.

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Your next step can connect with the whole outpatient program.

Call Choice to discuss your needs, Medicaid verification, and how therapy, peer support, recovery skills, medical support, and available transportation may fit together. Explore the whole-person outpatient program and start admissions when you are ready.

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Here is how to begin.

After urgent risks are addressed, your first talk should describe observable changes and current stability. How Choice Reviews Treatment Details guide can frame personal questions, while the Recovery Learning Center offers basic education. State whether emergency evaluation occurred, which substances may be involved, and what support is now in place. A direct talk can help Choice learn your needs and discuss whether outpatient care may fit.

Use facts rather than interpretations. A qualified professional can listen to what is going on, assess your needs, and guide the safest next step. Include known medications, recent medical care, and whether the person can eat, sleep, communicate, and follow safety directions.

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A practical path forward

Start with support for the life you are living now.

Staff can explain the outpatient path, verify Medicaid coverage and eligibility, and coordinate available transportation after checking your situation. Explore the whole-person outpatient program and start admissions when you are ready.

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Know what to confirm

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You should contact Choice only for a stable, nonurgent fit question. Use Contact Choice Recovery Path and review the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) details for setting questions. Confirm whether the person's current stability can be discussed, what evaluation records are needed, and whether Choice's setting could be considered. Bring this question to Choice so the team can explain the details before you make a decision.

Choice serves coed adults age 18 and older at 11401 Menaul Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112. Choice does not offer telehealth. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and weekends are closed. For an overdose, severe withdrawal, seizure, breathing trouble, loss of consciousness, suicidal danger, or urgent danger, call 911 or use the right crisis resource where you are. Email and travel to Choice are not emergency options.

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One practical next step, explained in plain language.

First decide whether the concern is urgent based on urgent safety, not convenience. The Recovery Learning Center can support later education, and Admissions and Contact is right only after the needs is stable. Call 911 for urgent danger or serious medical signs. For stable needs, prepare a short record of observable changes and prior evaluation.

Write down when the change began, known substances, current prescriptions, sleep, eating, recent medical care, and specific safety events. Bring this question to Choice so the team can explain the details before you make a decision. Emergency responders need direct, concise details. Once safety is established, the same notes can support a talk about whether Choice should be considered among possible next steps.

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Use this guide with clear, reviewed information.

Choice shares program and care information alongside trusted public-health sources. Clinical staff review treatment guidance, and the team is ready to help you begin.