Dr. Darvin Hege, MD, PC, is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is an Emory Hospital residency trained psychiatrist who has been practicing psychiatry for more than 25 years. He maintains over 50 hours of AMA certified education each year to stay informed of advances in psychiatry.
Confidential diagnosis and treatment. No third-party invasion of your privacy.
Flexible & convenient appointment times. Same-day and weekend appointments available.
Affordable self-pay fees. No insurance company or managed care interferes with your treatment.
Specializes in adult psychiatry, ages 18-64 only.
2150 Peachford Rd
Suite P
Atlanta, GA 30338
770-458-0007
Suboxone maintenance alone helps many patients to remain abstinent from all other narcotics. Relapse is quite high during tapering off Suboxone and thereafter for the first few weeks and months if no additional cognitive behavioral therapy is done, especially if the patient’s psychosocial environment is unstable. Cognitive behavioral therapy includes individual psychotherapy, substance abuse counseling, rehabilitation programs, active involvement in church, and/or 12 step attendance in collaboration with a sponsor.
Opiate addiction does not require a patient to have a primary psychiatric condition. However, quite frequently patient had a co-occurring or perhaps a pre-existing condition that added to their biological vulnerability to developing an addiction. The majority of my patients are discovered to have an additional condition during their initial assessment or sometime after they have become stabilized from narcotic withdrawal. Quite often patients were treating their psychiatric symptoms with a narcotic. I frequently find depression, anxiety disorders, ADHD, and/or a bipolar disorder variant. When these are successfully treated with medication and/or therapy, many patients feel better and function better than any time in their lives.
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