Southwest Connecticut MH Systems

Southwest Connecticut MH Systems

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Education and Counseling Services

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

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

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

• State government

Transitional Services

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Hospitals

• Psychiatric hospital

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

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

Ancillary Services

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

Testing

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

License/Certification/Accreditation

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

Language Services

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Medical Services

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

Recovery Support Services

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Pharmacotherapies

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

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Other Languages

• Polish
• Creole
• Italian

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

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