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Gateway Treatment Centers

GTC is an outpatient treatment program that is licensed to dispense buprenorphine & methadone.

07/12/2023

GTC is delayed in opening today (Weds. 7/12) until 9:00am. We will stay open later, as needed, to ensure every patient receives services.

07/11/2023

DEA Explains MATE Act Training Requirements for ALL Prescribers with a DEA Registration

As Congressionally-mandated, medical practitioners have a new role to help patients fighting to sustain recovery and prevent opioid overdoses. All medial reg...

02/13/2023

Now hiring: Part-time Dispensing nurse (LPN). If interested, please forward your resume to lisa.monath@talbottlegacy.org

12/20/2022

Gateway Treatment Centers will be closing for pending inclement weather on Friday Dec 23, 2022. If you are due in on Fri, please present to the clinic on Thurs 12/22/22 with your lock box. As planned, we will be closed for the holiday Sat to Mon, reopening Tues 12/27/22.

12/11/2022

Just a reminder Gateway Treatment Centers will be closed for the holiday Saturday Dec 24-Mon Dec 26 and will reopen on Tues Dec 27. Please make sure arrangements are made around this closing so you are able to enjoy the time with your family and friends!

12/11/2022

Happy holidays from the staff of Gateway Treatment Centers ⛄🦌🌲

12/07/2022

A few of the Ellijay team eating for the holidays. 🎁 Come and start your recovery journey with us!

08/31/2022

Gateway Treatment Centers observes International Overdose Awareness Day, remembering all those of have fallen and pledging to continue our efforts to reduce fatal overdose in Gilmer and surrounding counties.

08/21/2022

On National Fentanyl Prevention & Awareness Day, we remember the lives lost & continue fighting for those who are struggling with addiction. According to , fentanyl-involved overdose deaths in GA increased by over 218% from 2019 to 2021

08/10/2022

An August 7 story by NBC news entitled “Once feared, illicit fentanyl is now a drug of choice for many opioid users,” focused on the need for higher doses of opioid agonists to treat these patients, as well as higher doses of naloxone to reverse overdoses. Fentanyl is a very potent opioid, and i...

07/19/2022

In a collaborative effort, researchers at NIDA & the CDC found that despite expanded access to take home doses to treat opioid use disorder at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the percentage of methadone-involved overdose deaths relative to all drug deaths declined from January 2019 to August 2021. The findings, published today in JAMA Psychiatry, indicate that broader access to treatment was not associated with harms.

Read more:

National data indicate COVID-era treatment expansion was not associated with harms

07/14/2022

Fentanyl testing kits are fully legal in Georgia! If you or someone you know or love is actively using street supplies of opioids, get your hands on and test strips! Georgia 911 Good Samaritan Law can help!

🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Governor Brian Kemp signs HB 1175 into law legalizing the possession and use of fentanyl testing kits.

HB 1175 passed both chambers of the Georgia Assembly with bipartisan support; the amendment supporting legalization of fentanyl testing kits was co-authored by Senator Jeff Mullis, Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee and Senator Jen Jordan.

The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse thanks Governor Brian Kemp, Senator Jeff Mullis, Senator Jennifer Auer Jordan, and the entire General Assembly for their bipartisan support of these life saving tools.

“Fentanyl strips and Narcan are the one-two punch to save lives in Georgia," Jeff Breedlove with the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse, said. "If you love somebody out there, and you think they're in active addiction, you want them to have as many fentanyl strips in their possession as they possibly can."

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37 Kiker Street
Ellijay, GA
30540

Opening Hours

Monday	6am - 11am
Tuesday	6am - 11am
Wednesday	6am - 11am
Thursday	6am - 11am
Friday	6am - 11am
Saturday	6am - 9am

Telephone

+17067032517

Website

https://www.gatewaytc.org/

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Mission Statement

It is the mission of Gateway Treatment Centers, LLC to provide a respectful, therapeutic and safe environment that will assist and encourage opioid dependent individuals to stabilize functioning so they are able to improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.

Core Values

Believing that opioid use disorder is a disease, Gateway Treatment Centers, LLC (GTC) provides medical treatment for opioid use disorder using FDA-approved agonist and partial agonist medications (i.e. methadone and buprenorphine) along with individual and group counseling, ongoing medical evaluation, peer support services as available, and other psychosocial support services within GTC’s facility and/or through referral to outside agencies. GTC patients are individuals with opioid use disorder who are seeking treatment and attempting to change and/or improve their quality of life. GTC recognizes the complexity of working with this specialty population and therefore provides care in medical, psychological, sociological, economical, and spiritual areas of treatment. All treatment at GTC will be conducted in an environment that promotes positive encouragement and the dignity of all patients served.

GTC is committed to meeting the expectations of the staff, patients, and the community in which we operate. We believe that Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance and Detoxification treatments are valid medical interventions that are needed to assist individuals with opioid use disorder. Treatment should be available to provide support, education, counseling and resources when these individuals seek help.

We believe that Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance treatments, specifically, provide a service to the community by the reduction of crime, medical treatment and emergency room visits, and public assistance utilization. This treatment also reduces the spreading of communicable diseases such as Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS by lowering and eliminating injection opioid use.

Program Description

Gateway Treatment Centers, LLC recognizes a description of opioid use disorder as consistent with that of other substance use disorders delineated in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5): A pattern of pathological use marked by the physiological and psychological inability to abstain; and impairment in social functioning, emotional and psychological health and stability, behavioral stability, interpersonal relationships and occupational functioning. Pathological use is often characterized by a myriad of problems or manifestations that include increased incidences of hospitalization, medical problems, arrests, increased involvement with the criminal justice system, loss of friends or negative changes in family and interpersonal relationships, inability to maintain employment, increased financial problems, "acting out" through anti-social behavior and at a more personal level, loss of self-esteem, self-confidence, and a decreased sense of personal responsibility. Characteristic of opioid use disorder is the continued use of opioids despite catastrophic consequences (i.e., loss of job, negative impact on school, estrangement from loved ones). GTC's opioid treatment program (OTP) focuses exclusively on those patients with opioid use disorder and attempts to help them break out of their disruptive and self-destructive lifestyles. A major programmatic focus is toward initial medication stabilization within the first 30 to 60 days. This focus on early medication stabilization is intended to halt the dysfunctional lifestyle that is often characteristic of an active, untreated opioid use disorder. Further, once the biology of the patient’s brain is stabilized with an adequate dosage of methadone or buprenorphine, the patient is then able to begin prioritizing counseling through which the patient can begin to work on and achieve their larger life goals.

Treatment Philosophy

Gateway Treatment Centers, LLC adheres to a recovery-oriented and a recovery-focused philosophy of treatment.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services developed a working definition of recovery in December 2011 that refers to recovery as "A PROCESS OF CHANGE THROUGH WHICH INDIVIDUALS IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS, LIVE A SELF-DIRECTED LIFE, AND STRIVE TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL." SAMHSA also delineated four major dimensions that support a life in recovery: Health, Home, Purpose and Community.

GTC will primarily help patients focus on the health dimension, about which SAMHSA says, "overcoming or managing one’s disease(s) or symptoms—for example, abstaining from use of alcohol, illicit drugs, and non-prescribed medications if one has an addiction problem—and for everyone in recovery, making informed, healthy choices that support physical and emotional wellbeing." The medication(s), medical consultation and psychosocial support we offer will help a patient first and foremost, "improve their health and wellness." Once a patient’s health begins to improve and his or her physical withdrawal symptoms and psychological cravings are at bay, their home life may begin to improve, the patient will once again be able to perceive and determine his or her own purpose, and the patient will start becoming more engaged in his or her community. Ultimately, through the comprehensive treatment and case management services provided by GTC, patients will be able to, “improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.”

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