The Emory Addiction Center’s mission is to prevent and treat addiction and to support recovery across Georgia through evidence-based clinical treatment, education, and research. The Center is located at Wesley Woods Hospital at 1821 Clifton Rd, NE and is the footprint of the Addiction Alliance of Georgia. As an innovative, newly built center, its providers focus on implementing a multidisciplinary treatment approach for the management of substance use for individuals ages 14 and older. Since the Addiction Center’s formal opening in June of 2022, its faculty and staff have provided over 5,000 outpatient and intensive outpatient visits. 

Services include outpatient individual therapy, parent guidance, psychiatric consultation, support groups, and medication for opioid use disorder. The Center offers three recognized American Society of Addiction Medicine levels of care including outpatient services, an intensive outpatient program, and a partial hospitalization program. Emory Adolescent Substance Use Treatment Services (EAST) is a specialized subdivision of the Addiction Services and provides specialized care to people ages 14-26. The multidisciplinary team consists of Board-Certified Addiction Psychiatrists/Child Psychiatrists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, psychologists, and is a training site for psychology postdoctoral students, addiction and child/adolescent psychiatry fellows. The clinic also implements evidence-based practices while collecting data and patient measures for research purposes.

The space is contained on one floor of approximately 9,000 square feet and includes three group rooms, two conference rooms, a nursing station and lab, two exam rooms, two kitchen areas along with multiple provider offices that are also used in patient care. There are several group rooms used for patient services as well as staff meetings and other educational events. All outpatient and clinical research programs for this center are carried out at this location. Sufficient space and office facilities are available for the proposed research work. To maintain safety and security, the office building is equipped with 24/7 security cameras, guarded by security officers during operating hours, locked after hours, and only accessible to staff with a valid ID badge. The office space is also furnished with locked file cabinets in locked areas for storage of confidential research documents.