Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Boston Childrens Hospital

Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Boston Childrens Hospital

Services:
Education and Counseling Services
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Individual counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Substance use disorder education

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Treatment Approaches

• Motivational interviewing
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Relapse prevention
• Trauma-related counseling
• Brief intervention
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Type of Care

• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine

Recovery Support Services

• Assistance with obtaining social services

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State Substance use treatment agency
• The Joint Commission
• State department of health
• Hospital licensing authority
• State mental health department

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Other Languages

• Portuguese

Pharmacotherapies

• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Medication for mental disorders
• Nicotine replacement
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (oral)

Ancillary Services

• Mental health services
• Case management service

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Young adults
• Adolescents

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Young Adults
• Adults

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for tobacco use
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for mental disorders

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Other languages (excluding Spanish)

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

Transitional Services

• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment

Testing

• Drug or alcohol urine screening