General Practitioners

• Primary Care
  Thurman specializes in substance use disorders and primary care and has 30 years’ experience working in residential care. Thurman’s desire is to assist the treatment team in reaching therapeutic goals outlined for the patient by utilizing his knowledge and skills in managed care.
• Family Practice
  Dr. McCormick is a native of Northeast Louisiana. He is a graduate of The University of Louisiana at Monroe and Louisiana State University Medical School in Shreveport. He completed his Family Medicine residency through the University of Arkansas in 1999. He found an interest in Addiction Medicine while in practice and became board certified through the American Board of Addiction Medicine in 2010.
• Emergency Care
  With the increase in exposure to IV narcotics there is a subsequent increase in emergency room visits, hospital admissions, and overdose related deaths. The CDC reported that in 2002 the number of emergency room visits related to heroin use was 93,519. In 2008 that number had more than doubled to 201,000. Subsequently the number of heroin related deaths increased to an average of 2,000 per year. The most common cause of deaths were...

Neurologists

• Neurology
  During counseling, several approaches can be incorporated to better support a person’s healing journey by understanding the connection between the trauma experience and the person’s emotional and behavioral responses.  Based on the neurology of the brain, people respond to trauma in different ways in the brain and body. The autonomic nervous system is one area that is impacted. The sympathetic nervous system increases heart, lung, and other systems, while the parasympathetic nervous system relaxes all those functions. Counselors at Palmetto uses Trauma Therapy to support the reduction of overstimulation of these systems and help a person feel less anxious, depressed, nervous, agitated, or otherwise feel harm from their environment as a result of trauma.

Psychiatrists

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  An IOP is one option from a continuum of treatment ranging from early intervention to medically managed intensive inpatient treatment. IOP is just about in the middle. There are several reasons a client may choose an IOP. First, an IOP client will have serious substance use issues, possibly along with a co-occurring mental health issue. Common dual diagnoses include major depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, PTSD, personality disorders, ADHD, and others. However, these mental health issues won’t be so severe that the client requires 24-hour supervision. Neither will an IOP client have serious medical issues that require 24-hour care. An IOP client should also have a relatively stable home life that doesn’t interfere with recovery.
• Stress Management
• Depression
• Mental Health
  At Palmetto, our intensive outpatient treatment is based on the disease model of addiction. In the disease model, addiction is seen as a chronic, progressive disease, meaning it will continue to get worse without the appropriate treatment. Addiction affects your life physically, mentally, and spiritually and it affects the lives of your friends and family too. Our IOP is an intensive treatment program for clients with serious substance use issues or substance use issues along with a co-occurring mental health issue. Our IOP clients learn about the disease model of addiction, the stages of addiction and how to identify where they are, how to identify and cope with the stressors that can lead to substance use, how to use the 12-step model in recovering from addiction, and how to prevent relapse.
• Psychiatry
  Jay Weiss, MD, is a graduate of University of Arkansas College of Medicine. He completed his residency in Psychiatry while serving in the United States Air Force for a total of 30 years. Dr. Weiss is ASAM certified (2005) and is board certified in Geriatrics (1994), Addictions/Substance Abuse (1995), and Psychiatry (1991). He is a member of both the AMA and APA associations. His speaking engagements include the FAA conference on Aviation Psychiatry, USAF on Combat Psychiatry and Celestial Navigation. Dr. Weiss believes that staff interaction on both a professional and personal level makes Palmetto an exceptional place for treatment.
• Behavioral Health
  Albertha Adcock is a Licensed Addiction Counselor providing Intensive Outpatient group treatment on a part-time basis at our Lake Charles Office for almost 2 years. She currently works for Imperial Calcasieu Human Service Authority, Office of Behavioral Health during the day and also provides services for the Louisiana Board of Nursing. “Alberta” is a native of Lake Charles, La and graduate of Marion High School. She attended McNeese State University where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. She is also a graduate of Louisiana State University(LSU) where she received her Master’s degree in Social Work.   Alberta has also been a member of the recovery community for over 21 years and has been a practicing clinician in the addiction field for over 12 years. She loves and is very passionate about her blessing as a counselor. She is the mother of 2 children and comes from a large loving family of 13 brothers and sisters. She’s a member of the Hillcrest Baptist church and enjoys praising God for his many blessings in her life. IOP Address: 117 Williamsburg St, Lake Charles, LA 70605 Phone: 318-728-2970
• Anxiety

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care

Physical Therapists

• Geriatrics