Southwest Connecticut MH System

Southwest Connecticut MH System

Services:
External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
• In-network prescribing entity

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Ancillary Services

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

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Education and Counseling Services

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

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

• State government

Language Services

• Spanish
• Other languages (excluding Spanish)

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

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

Transitional Services

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

Testing

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Prescribes buprenorphine

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Payment Assistance Available

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

License/Certification/Accreditation

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

Recovery Support Services

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Other Languages

• Italian
• Portuguese
• Creole

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

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

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