Check your insurance
Free & confidential • No obligation • Usually answered within minutes
How Schizophrenia is handled alongside substance use
Virtue is an addiction treatment provider, not a psychiatric hospital. Substance use disorder is the primary diagnosis we're built to treat, and mental health conditions are addressed concurrently when they co-occur, but only where that's clinically appropriate and safe for our level of care.
Schizophrenia and related conditions vary enormously depending on current stability and medication management. Active or unmedicated episodes typically require a higher level of psychiatric care than a residential addiction program provides. Rather than make a general claim about treating schizophrenia on this page, our admissions team gathers your specific history and reviews it directly with clinical leadership.
If we're able to safely treat you, you'll have a dedicated treatment team coordinating your care. If we're not, we'll tell you that directly and help you find a more appropriate level of psychiatric care, we'd rather be honest upfront than have you find out partway through admission.
Important to know
Active psychosis and unmedicated schizophrenia require a higher level of psychiatric care than a residential addiction treatment program provides. Our admissions team screens for this directly and honestly during intake, if we're not equipped to treat you safely, we'll say so and help point you toward the right level of care.
Common questions
Questions people ask about schizophrenia and addiction
Anything not answered here, ask on the call. There is no obligation.
(866) 461-3339- Do you treat schizophrenia?
- Virtue is an addiction treatment center, not a psychiatric hospital. Substance use disorder is the primary diagnosis we're built to treat. Schizophrenia and related conditions can require a higher level of psychiatric care than a residential addiction program is equipped to provide, particularly during active or unmedicated episodes. Whether we can safely treat you depends entirely on your current stability and clinical history, which is why we review every case individually with our clinical leadership rather than making a blanket claim here.
- What happens when I call to ask about this?
- Admissions will ask directly about your diagnosis, current medications, and current stability, alongside your substance use history. That information gets reviewed with clinical leadership to determine whether our level of care is appropriate and safe for you. If it isn't, we'll tell you that directly and help you find a more appropriate level of psychiatric care.
- Is a call obligation-free?
- Yes. Calling to ask questions doesn't commit you to anything, and being honest about your history helps us give you an accurate answer instead of a false one.
- Is treatment covered by insurance?
- Where we are able to provide appropriate care, co-occurring disorder treatment is typically covered under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which requires most commercial insurance plans to cover mental health and substance use treatment at the same level as medical care. Most commercial and PPO plans cover it, though what yours covers depends on the plan and the level of care. Our admissions team verifies your specific benefits before you commit to anything.
You are allowed to ask
If you are calling for someone else
Most people who call us are calling about someone they love. You can ask about the options and check their insurance on their behalf, and it stays a conversation until you decide otherwise.
Related reading
Dual diagnosis treatment
How co-occurring conditions are treated alongside substance use, and by whom.
Read the guide →Mental health at Virtue
The conditions we treat concurrently, and where the boundaries are.
Read the guide →Residential treatment
What a stay involves, and the level of psychiatric support that comes with it.
Read the guide →How admissions works
What happens on the first call and what the assessment covers.
Read the guide →Insurance
We accept most major insurance plans.
And most PPO plans. Coverage varies by plan and by facility, so if your carrier is not shown, ask rather than assume.
- Free, and there is no obligation at the end of it
- Usually answered within minutes during the day
- You can check on behalf of someone else
- Admissions answers the phone 24 hours a day
- No insurance? Ask about private pay options. Nobody is turned away without knowing their next step.
Check my insurance coverage
100% confidential · No commitment required
Still have questions? Call us.
There is no cost and no obligation to call. Admissions will ask about your full picture and be direct about whether we are equipped to help, and if we are not, they will point you somewhere that is.
Confidential. No obligation. Someone answers, 24 hours a day.
