Lowell Community Health Center Inc Behavioral Health Services Outpatient

Types of Care:

• residential heroin use treatment
• residential treatment for dual diagnosis

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin treatment
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine treatment
• Naltrexone clinical treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Administers medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

• buprenorphine maintenance
• suboxone prescription
• administers naltrexone
• relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies:

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Lofexidine
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• CBT
• motivational interviewing
• relapse prevention treatment
• counseling for substance abuse
• trauma counseling

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• State mental health department
• Certified by The Joint Commission
• Certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts Military insurance
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts self payment and cash
• Accepts state health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

• Payment assistance available
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for postpartum women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult males
• judicial clients
• dual diagnosis treatment
• people with HIV or AIDS
• people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

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

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• Testing for metabolic syndrome

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• case management
• domestic violence services
• HIV early intervention
• housing services
• mental health services
• recovery coaches
• social skills training
• help with transportation
• intervention services
• mentoring

Other Addictions Treatment:

• general addiction disorder treatment
• gambling disorder treatment

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling services
• counseling for groups
• family counseling
• counseling for couples
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV/AIDS counseling
• health education services

Medical Services:

• Hepatitis A vaccination
• Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking not permitted

Gender Accepted:

• inpatient heroin rehab for women
• in-patient heroin rehab for men

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Portuguese
• Spanish