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Expert Guidance for Addiction and Mental Health

NorthStar Regional’s blog covers addiction, mental health, detox (withdrawal management), and family life, in plain language from our own clinical team. Every article is written for two readers at once: the person weighing treatment, and the family watching and waiting. Clinical reviewers, including our program directors and vice president of mental health, check the articles so the information holds up. Topics run from alcohol withdrawal timelines and emotional sobriety to grounding techniques, seasonal depression in Minnesota, and rebuilding trust. Nothing here replaces an assessment, but everything here is meant to make the next step clearer.

Addiction
Understand medical detox and ASAM 3.7 level of care, including how NorthStar Regional provides safe, monitored withdrawal support.
A prescriber reviewing whether attachment disorder medication is appropriate for a co-occurring condition.
Mental Health
RAD and DSED are trauma- and stressor-related disorders associated with severe insufficient care early in life.

Recent Articles

Detox & Withdrawal Management
NorthStar Regional’s Campus sets a new standard in withdrawal management for Minnesota’s southwest metro. Learn how 30 beds, 24/7 care, and transition planning make a difference.
Mental Health
People arrive for a wide range of reasons: long-term stress from work or family, the loss of a loved one, relationship or family problems, symptoms with no physical explanation, or a provider raising a diagnosis.
Mental Health
The symptoms of co-occurring disorders are difficult to read because they are the same symptoms that either condition produces on its own. Poor sleep, irritability, low mood, anxiety, and withdrawal from people all belong to substance use and to mental health conditions, which means a list of symptoms will not tell you which you are looking at.
Addiction
There is no single authoritative national retail price for addiction treatment. What someone pays depends on the level of care, length of treatment, location, provider, insurance network, negotiated rate, medical necessity, authorization decisions, and whether housing and meals are included.
Mental Health
An attachment disorder is a childhood condition in which a young child does not form a secure emotional bond with a primary caregiver, usually after a sustained period of neglect or unstable care.

Our reviewers

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Program Director
Madilyn Myers
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Vice President of Mental Health
Jacki Kerkow-Dohmen
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Program Director
Kathryn Harvey

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Step One: You Call

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Our Treatment Locations Across Minnesota

Our campuses sit within a short drive of one another. A change in level of care doesn’t mean starting over with a new provider.

NorthStar Regional - Corporate Office - Shakopee Location
Admissions & Operations
500 Marschall Road Suite 300
NorthStar Regional - Riverwood Treatment Center - Otsego Location
Inpatient Rehab & Low-Intensity Residential
10990 95th St NE
NorthStar Regional - Men's Residential Treatment Center - Shakopee Location
Inpatient Rehab & IOP With Lodging
1250 Lincoln St, Shakopee, MN 55379
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Freestanding Mental Health Clinic
500 Marschall Rd Ste 100
NorthStar Regional - Valley View Treatment Center - Eden Prairie Location
Co-Ed Detox Center & Men’s Residential
7550 Office Ridge Cir

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