Mississippi Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center

For people planning a serious commitment to recovery — not just crisis stabilization — the structure of treatment matters as much as the setting. Mississippi Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center offers five distinct levels of care: medical detox, residential treatment, Partial Hospitalization (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP), and a standard outpatient program. That range means clients can enter at the level of intensity they need and step down through progressively less restrictive programming rather than facing an abrupt transition from intensive care back to daily life.

The center operates around the clock, every day of the week. For families trying to coordinate admissions or for individuals who recognize they are ready for treatment outside of a standard nine-to-five window, that constant availability is a practical advantage. Located on Reece Bergeron Road in Biloxi, the facility is positioned to serve the Gulf Coast recovery community with a breadth of programming uncommon in smaller regional centers.

Substance use rarely travels alone. Mississippi Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center formally treats co-occurring disorders and dual diagnosis conditions, as well as trauma and PTSD — a recognition that sustainable recovery often requires addressing the full picture of a person's mental and behavioral health, not only the substance use itself. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the confirmed therapeutic method at the center, a well-established approach for restructuring the thought patterns that underlie both addiction and conditions like PTSD.

The clinical leadership reflects this complexity. Chief Clinical Officer Kristie Slinskey holds a DSW and LCSW, while the medical side includes both a Medical Director (Dr. Dustin Marmalich, MD) and a board-level Addictionologist (Dr. Pamela Tambini, MD). Having an addictionologist on the treatment team is a meaningful differentiator for individuals whose cases involve complex medical or psychiatric histories alongside substance use disorder.

The center's listed populations cover a wider range than most regional rehabs. Veterans are explicitly served, with TRICARE accepted as a primary insurance — a direct line for active-duty personnel, veterans, and their covered family members seeking addiction treatment on the Gulf Coast. The center also serves pregnant women, young adults between 18 and 25, seniors and older adults, and individuals entering treatment through the court system, making it one of the more broadly accessible substance abuse treatment facilities in Harrison County.

Additional population-specific services include support for individuals living with HIV/AIDS and accommodations for those who are deaf or hard of hearing — populations that frequently encounter barriers at general-admission rehab programs. For family members trying to find a recovery center that can actually accept and serve a loved one with specific needs, that specificity matters. Payment options — private insurance, TRICARE, self-pay, sliding scale, financial assistance, and state insurance — extend the reach of the program further across income levels and insurance situations.

Completing a residential program or stepping down from PHP is a milestone, not a finish line. Mississippi Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center includes aftercare and relapse prevention as confirmed components of its programming — an acknowledgment that the work of recovery extends well beyond the initial treatment episode. For individuals and families choosing a recovery center, the presence of structured aftercare planning is one of the clearest indicators that a program takes long-term outcomes seriously.

The step-down structure of the center's levels of care reinforces this orientation. Moving from residential treatment to IOP to outpatient is itself a form of graduated reintegration, keeping individuals connected to clinical support as they rebuild their lives. Families evaluating treatment options for a loved one should ask how any center they consider handles the transition out of intensive care — at Mississippi Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center, that transition is built into the program design.