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The Substance Treatment Outpatient Programs (S.T.O.P.) offers a variety of programs and services to address the issues of substance abuse and addictive disorders. Services range from educational programs to inpatient detoxification. Specialized tracts are available for adolescents and dual diagnosis clients.
While providing psychiatric and substance abuse services in Wichita, Dr. Ralph Bharati recognized a need for quality, medically supervised, outpatient substance abuse programming. In response to this gap in the continuum of services, Dr. Bharati has initiated S.T.O.P. as a component of his practice. The core philosophy of the program is based on the disease concept of chemical dependency and offers a multi-disciplinary, medical model treatment approach towards addictive disorders.

Treatment services are provided by a multi-disciplinary group of professionals. The team is led by a physician, and includes Certified Alcohol/Drug Abuse Counselors, Registered Nurses, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers.

Three levels of treatment are offered within S.T.O.P.
            1) Education Level
            2) Outpatient Level
            3) Intensive Outpatient Level
Placement in any level of care is based on the patient’s needs and the results of a comprehensive clinical assessment.
Inpatient services are available through Via Christi Regional Medical Center. If hospitalization is necessary, patients can be directly admitted from S.T.O.P.

Thorough medical and bio-psychosocial assessment
Personalized treatment plans, recognizing the unique needs of each patient.
Sensitivity to related co-morbidity of depression and anxiety in the early stages of recovery.
Ability to effectively identify and treat Dual Diagnoses on an outpatient basis.
Medication administration and monitoring, if appropriate.
Random Urine Analysis and Blood Screens.
Emphasis on participation in Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs.
Medical monitoring of withdrawal from prescription medication and other substances.
Regular communication between the treatment team and referring individuals or agencies.
Small treatment groups, allowing each patient to receive individual attention.
Involvement of the patient’s family

The Substance Abuse Treatment Programs are preferred providers for most major insurance carriers and managed care plans including, but not limited to: Blue Cross / Blue Shield, American Psych Systems, Coventry, Value Options, Mental Health Net, Preferred Plus of Kansas, Aetna, and Magellan.