rehabWhitman-Walker Health
Washington, DC
Addiction treatment and mental health care
So Others Might Eat
So Others Might Eat provides addiction treatment and mental health care in Washington, DC, with outpatient services. People seeking care can access intensive outpatient treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. Payment options include Medicaid and Medicare.
60 O Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001
Services & treatment options
Treatment
Type of Care
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
Care setting
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Outpatient
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
Opioid Medications used in Treatment
- Buprenorphine used in Treatment
- Naltrexone used in Treatment
External Opioid Medications Source
- No formal relationship with prescribing entity
- Other contracted prescribing entity
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
- This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- No formal relationship with prescribing entity
- Other contracted prescribing entity
Type of Opioid Treatment
- Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
- Buprenorphine maintenance
- Prescribes buprenorphine
- Prescribes naltrexone
- Relapse prevention with naltrexone
Pharmacotherapies
- Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
- Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
- Buprenorphine with naloxone
- Buprenorphine without naloxone
- Medication for mental disorders
- Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
- Naltrexone (oral)
- Nicotine replacement
- Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Treatment Approaches
- Brief intervention
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
- Group therapy
- Individual psychotherapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Motivational interviewing
- Relapse prevention
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Trauma-related counseling
Assessment/Pre-treatment
- Complete medical history/physical exam
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Screening for tobacco use
Testing
- Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
- Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
- Drug or alcohol urine screening
- HIV testing
- Metabolic syndrome monitoring
- STD testing
- TB screening
- Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
- Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
Medical Services
- Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
- Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
Who we help
Special Programs/Groups Offered
- Adult men
- Adult women
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Seniors or older adults
Age Groups Accepted
- Adults
- Seniors
- Young Adults
Gender Accepted
- Female
- Male
Payment & insurance
Payment and insurance
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
Payment Assistance Available
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Support services
Transitional Services
- Aftercare/continuing care
- Discharge Planning
- Naloxone and overdose education
Recovery Support Services
- Assistance with obtaining social services
- Housing services
Other Services
- Treatment for gambling disorder
Education and Counseling Services
- Group counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
- Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
- Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
- Individual counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Substance use disorder education
Language Services
- Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Chronic disease/illness management
- Diet and exercise counseling
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Early intervention for HIV
- Integrated primary care services
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
About the center
Facility operation
- Private non-profit organization
License/Certification/Accreditation
- Federally Qualified Health Center
- Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
- State Substance use treatment agency
- State department of health
- State mental health department
Facility Smoking Policy
- Smoking permitted in designated area
Facility Vaping Policy
- Vaping permitted in designated area
Facility Type
- Outpatient mental health facility