Southwest Connecticut MH Systems

Southwest Connecticut MH Systems

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Adults
• Young Adults

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Recovery Support Services

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

Hospitals

• Psychiatric hospital

License/Certification/Accreditation

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

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

• State government

Transitional Services

• Naloxone and overdose education
• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Prescribes naltrexone

Language Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Transportation assistance
• Suicide prevention services
• Early intervention for HIV
• Case management service
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Medical Services

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

Education and Counseling Services

• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Individual counseling
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Marital/couples counseling
• Substance use disorder education

Treatment Approaches

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

Type of Care

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Other Languages

• Italian
• Creole
• Polish

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

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

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Nicotine replacement
• Clonidine
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Medication for mental disorders
• Naltrexone (oral)

Testing

• TB screening
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• STD testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• HIV testing

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for mental disorders
• Interim services for clients
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for tobacco use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Medicaid
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Medicare

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male