Col C David Merkel MD - Sober Living Home in Saranac Lake, NY

Col C David Merkel MD is a samhsa-listed sober living home in Saranac Lake, NY (12983). SAMHSA publishes no ratings, inspections, or quality scores for these listings; confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly with the provider.

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How to verify Col C David Merkel MD

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Ownership & operation

Legal name: Veterans Residential Program. Ownership type: non-profit. Facility type: Residential treatment center (RTC) for adults. Confirm current ownership and operation with the provider.

Levels of care & settings

• Long-term residential
• Mental health treatment
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Short-term residential
• Substance use treatment
• Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home

Medications & pharmacotherapies

• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Disulfiram
• Medication for mental disorders
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Use methadone/buprenorphine for pain management or emergency dosing

Treatment approaches

• 12-step facilitation
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Activity therapy
• Anger management
• Brief intervention
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Couples/family therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Trauma-related counseling

Assessment & testing

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Interim services for clients
• Laboratory testing
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for tobacco use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Education & counseling

• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Individual counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)

Ancillary & recovery services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Assertive community treatment
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Crisis intervention team
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Discharge Planning
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Early intervention for HIV
• Employment counseling or training
• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
• Housing services
• Intensive case management
• Mental health services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Recovery coach
• Self-help groups
• Social skills development
• Transportation assistance
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Vocational rehabilitation services

Special programs & populations

• Active duty military
• Adult men
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Members of military families
• Veterans

Payment, insurance & assistance

• Cash or self-payment
• County or local government funds
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Age groups served

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Facility type & operation

• Private non-profit organization
• Residential treatment center (RTC) for adults

Licensing & accreditation

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• State department of health
• State substance use treatment agency

About sober living homes in Saranac Lake

Sober living homes offer alcohol- and drug-free housing with peer support and house rules that reinforce recovery. They are usually a step between residential treatment and independent living, not a clinical treatment program. These listings are unrated: no star ratings, inspections, or quality scores are published, so confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly.

Ask about house rules, drug and alcohol testing, whether clinical services are provided on site or nearby, length of stay, and total monthly cost including deposits and fees. Confirm the home's licensing or registration status. These listings are unrated - verify services, licensing, cost, and availability directly. For local alternatives, browse the Sober Living Homes directory for Saranac Lake, the Franklin County sober living homes list, or all care types in Saranac Lake.

For context, this directory lists 1 in ZIP 12983.

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Data provenance

Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record 487d230596dac4a2). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.