PHP | Care | Mental Health

Here at Positive Health we believe in enabling people to survive and thrive. This involves more than testing, monitoring and medication. It includes mental health and wellbeing support that provides positive, affirming and complementary benefits for all people.

Counseling & Social Work
Positive Health Program staff includes licensed social workers who are available for one-on-one counseling and case management designed to meet individual needs. As appropriate, referrals to psychiatry are also made. Please contact Karena Franses at (415) 206-2480 for further information.

STOP
The Stimulant Treatment Outpatient Program (STOP) provides intensive outpatient treatment for adults with cocaine, methamphetamine or other stimulant abuse or dependence. A STOP staff member is available to meet clients at PHP on Ward 86. Please contact Valerie Gruber, PhD at (415) 502-5777 for more information.

Stonewall
The Stonewall Project is a harm reduction program for men who have sex with men, who have questions about speed, who want information about speed, and/or who want help with reducing or stopping their speed use. Clients are not required to be clean and sober. A Stonewall staff member is available to meet clients at PHP on Ward 86. Please contact Michael Siever at (415) 502-1999 for more information.

Beehive Program
The Beehive Program provides office-based buprenorphine treatment at the Positive Health Program for patients with heroin or other opioid dependence. An alternative to methadone that can be prescribed by qualified PHP physicians, buprenorphine (or “bupe”) reduces cravings and can be used to withdraw from drugs such as heroin, Vicodin, Percocet, Oxycontin, morphine and other narcotic painkillers. It also can be taken to prevent relapsing back into a heroin or painkiller addiction, making productive living more possible. Please contact Marilyn Blake, Clinical Nurse Coordinator, at (415) 206-2452 for more information or request an appointment at the Ward 86 Front Desk.

Counseling & Social Work
Karena Franses
(415) 206-2480
kfranses@php.ucsf.edu

STOP
Valerie Gruber, PhD
(415) 502-5777

Stonewall
Michael Siever, PhD
(415) 502-1999
msiever@php.ucsf.edu

Beehive Program
Marilyn Blake, Clinical Nurse Coordinator
(415) 206-2452