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The Addictions Medicine Inpatient Unit is located at the St. Lawrence Campus of Sparrow
Health System. The unit considers for admission individuals with detoxification needs from
all drugs of abuse. The experienced staff is led by Board Certified or Board Eligible
Adult Psychiatrists and Internal Medicine Specialists. The program provides holistic,
comprehensive evaluations and treatment options based on individual needs. It manages the
entire spectrum of illnesses that can affect this population. Access to specialists that
are needed to complement individuals' medical and psychiatric needs is also available.
Our length of stay is short and the focus is to enhance the individual's quality of life.
Referrals can come from individuals, primary care or specialty physicians, employee
assistance representatives, clergy, family, law enforcement services and emergency
services. Additional referral information is available at 517.364.7740.
Program Description
Individuals admitted to the Addictions Medicine Inpatient Unit generally meet three of the
major criteria and two of the minor criteria outlined below:
Major Criteria:
- Intoxication as evidenced by
- Positive Blood Alcohol Level
- Slurred speech
- Loss of coordination
- Altered mental status findings such as impairment of:
- attention
- memory
- judgment
- Acute intoxicant withdrawal symptoms as evidenced by, but not limited to:
- Autonomic instability
- Tremor
- Ataxia or other incoordination of the motor system
- Delirium symptoms; waxing and waning level of consciousness
- Psychotic symptoms attributable to a substance or withdrawal from a substance
- Mood symptoms attributable to a substance or withdrawal from a substance
- History of recent drug use which supports the belief that withdrawal will occur imminently
- History of prior complications due to drug withdrawal (seizures, DT, hypertension, cardiac disease (angina, AMI) pancreatitis, liver failure)
- Willingness to request and accept treatment, at least initially
- Patient is under protective custody of a law enforcement agency, P.A.368
- Patient is at risk of continued use if not in a setting that can assist abstinence
- Patient is causing significant risk to unborn child if immediate cessation of use is not maintained
- Patient needs a setting for treatment of comorbid psychiatric or medical conditions not available in another setting
- Patient is at significant risk of suicide or homicide as a direct effect of the abused substance which requires
withdrawal (excludes individuals that require intensive care psychiatric services)
Minor Criteria:
- Social consequences of substance use which would cause severe stress in a sober patient
- Lack of adequate shelter
- Impaired judgment resulting in danger to self or others or poor awareness of safety measures to care for self, or protect self
- Inability to obtain or maintain abstinence outside an acute care setting
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