Partners in Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Counseling

Partners in Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Counseling or PIDARC provides pharmacological intervention services through methadone maintenance to people who are struggling with opioid dependency. The methadone clinic Washington dcalong also offers a variety of other core services including Individual Intake and Assessment, Prescribed Methadone Dosing, Patient-Centered Treatment Planning, Individual and Group Counseling, Clinical Case Management, Drug and Alcohol Screening, Discharge and Aftercare Planning Services, Crisis Counseling & Interventions, Drug Education, Annual Health Assessments and Follow-Up among others. These services are all designed to support patients and provide them with the life skills needed for recovery. For patients to get enrolled at PIDARC they have to be 21 years of age or older and dependent on opioids including heroin or prescription narcotic pain medications. The rehab clinic, founded in 1971, started from a request by the Narcotic Treatment Agency to establish a private option to the city’s public outpatient methadone treatment programs.