Root Center for Advanced Recovery Hartford Dispensary/Torrington Clinic

Root Center for Advanced Recovery Hartford Dispensary/Torrington Clinic

Services:
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

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

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

Treatment Approaches

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State Substance use treatment agency
• State mental health department
• State department of health
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• TB screening
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• STD testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• HIV testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening

Education and Counseling Services

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Transportation assistance
• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Early intervention for HIV
• Case management service
• Integrated primary care services

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Medicare

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Medical Services

• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Methadone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Pharmacotherapies

• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Methadone
• Medication for mental disorders
• Disulfiram
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Lofexidine
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Buprenorphine sub-dermal implant
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Clonidine

Transitional Services

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

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

• Private non-profit organization

Recovery Support Services

• Self-help groups
• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services
• Employment counseling or training
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Recovery coach

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Does not treat alcohol use disorder
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Adult men
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Seniors or older adults
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Veterans
• Adult women
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with HIV or AIDS

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Methadone maintenance
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Use methadone/buprenorphine for pain management or emergency dosing
• Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
• Prescribes buprenorphine