Phoenix House Dorchester Center

Types of Care:

• residential heroin use treatment
• inpatient treatment for heroin addiction and mental health diagnosis

Service Settings:

• residential heroin rehab
• residential long term heroin rehab

External Opioid Medications Source:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• CBT
• motivational incentives
• motivational interviewing
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach
• counseling for trauma victims
• 12 step rehabilitation

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts self payment and cash

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for transitional-age young adults
• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for postpartum women
• dual diagnosis treatment
• sexual abuse victims
• people with trauma
• people with co-occurring pain plus substance use

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive substance use assessment

Screening & Testing:

• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• TB screening
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• case management
• social skills training
• help with transportation

Counseling Services and Education:

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

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• heroin rehab for women

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish