Meridian Behavioral Healthcare Inc

About Meridian Behavioral Healthcare Inc

Meridian Behavioral Healthcare is a community behavioral health organization based in Gainesville, Florida, offering care for substance use disorders and mental illness to adults, adolescents, and families. Their approach centers on treating each person with respect, letting clients help direct their own care, and providing services in the least restrictive setting possible so people can rebuild their lives in the community. Levels of care range from crisis services for acute psychiatric or substance use episodes to 24-hour residential treatment, outpatient counseling, and medication-assisted treatment, with telehealth available for many services. Free sign language and foreign language interpreters are available, and some programs give admission priority to pregnant women and people who inject drugs.

For addiction specifically, the Sid Martin Bridge House is a 44-bed residential program in Gainesville with stays of 28 to 90 days, while the Recovery Center in Lake City offers 18 residential beds for teens ages 13 to 17. The MIST program supports pregnant and parenting women struggling with addiction, and a specialized unit serves hospital patients with a history of IV drug use who need ongoing antibiotic treatment for serious infections. Their opioid treatment program, led by board-certified addiction medicine physicians, pairs medication with individual, group, and family therapy, and group work forms the backbone of much of their outpatient clinical care. Clients can also connect with psychiatric care, an integrated primary care clinic, homeless recovery services, supported employment, and a forensic team focused on diverting people away from the criminal justice system.