Professionals Program

Professionals Program – Addiction Treatment for Licensed Professionals

Healthcare and other professionals mandated to addiction treatment from licensing boards or monitoring/advocacy programs will find the CeDAR Professionals Program focuses on their specific needs. Issues related to stigma, connection to recovering professional peers, accountability, return-to-work planning, and advocacy are incorporated into the program and addressed in an individualized treatment plan that includes:

• All clinical staff hold a master’s degree or doctorate
• All psychiatrists Board Certified in addiction psychiatry
• Medical staff on site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Full continuum of care with Detox, Intensive Residential Treatment, Residential Extended Care, PHP, IOP and Aftercare
• Multidisciplinary team working from a biopsychosocial-spiritual model
• 24-hour medical staff on-site
• Meals provided and prepared at the CeDAR Dining Hall
• Evidence-based interventions – CBT, DBT, PE, EMDR

Functions, Key Process and Structure

CeDAR follows the philosophy that addiction and co-occurring disorders are chronic, life-threatening biopsychosocial diseases affecting all aspects of a person’s functioning. The program model utilizes an evidence-based approach to integrating addiction and mental health treatment into a comprehensive whole.

Program components include:

• Internal Medicine Evaluation
• Nursing Assessment
• Laboratory Work-up
• Psychiatric Evaluation
• Collateral information
• Cognitive Ability & Achievement Tests
• Memory, Attention & Neuropsychological Tests
• Mood & Personality Tests
• Spiritual Assessment
• Chemical and Process Addiction and Assessment
• Family and Biopsychosocial Assessment
• Safety for Practice
• Trauma Assessment
• Chronic Pain Assessment
• Review of past provider reports and clinical data

Residential Treatment

Professionals will benefit from a structured gender-responsive program which is safe and conducive to advancing early recovery gains. During residential treatment, their needs will be assessed and managed in an individualized manner. Our programs are designed to provide participants with therapeutic activities in group, individual and peer support formats.

CeDAR Professionals Program includes:

• Comprehensive Medical Detoxification
• Intensive Residential Treatment
• Assignments Group
• Process and Wellness Groups
• Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Experiential and Peer Support Groups
• Residential Extended Care

CeDAR recognizes the critical work done by referring Physician Health Programs (PHP’s), Wellness Programs, organizations, and other monitoring/diversion programs who work to maintain public safety, while also maximizing the health and well-being of troubled professionals.

We also recognize that professionals referred by these oversight groups benefit most from involvement with multiple systems of care. Addiction treatment for professionals in conjunction with longer-term monitoring significantly increases a professional’s chance to achieve lasting recovery, maintain their profession and protect public welfare.

For more information please contact the CeDAR Professionals Program Coordinator Dr. Robyn Hacker at (720) 848-3018 or email the Professionals Program Admissions Team at uch-cedarprofessionalsprogram@uchealth.org.

COVID-19 Testing Keeps Our Professionals Program Safe

JULY 1, 2020 – CeDAR now requires COVID-19 testing with negative results before admission to an inpatient program. We also provide same-day testing for emergency admissions. Our goal is to maintain the safest environment for patients and staff during COVID-19.

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