Ridge House Inc Cambridge

Types of Care:

• transitional and sober living
• residential heroin addiction treatment
• inpatient treatment for heroin addiction and mental health diagnosis

Service Settings:

• residential heroin rehab
• long-term residential heroin rehab

External Opioid Medications Source:

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• 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:

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• Personal physician/health care provider

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• CBT
• motivational incentives
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• relapse prevention
• counseling for substance abuse
• 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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts Medicaid

Payment Assistance Available:

• Provides payment assistance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for transitional-age young adults
• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for postpartum women
• heroin rehab for seniors
• heroin rehab for LGBT clients
• judicial clients
• dual diagnosis treatment
• HIV/AIDS clients
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• 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 mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• case managers
• domestic violence services
• HIV early intervention
• sober housing services
• mental health services
• self help meetings
• social skills training
• help with transportation
• mentoring

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• family counseling
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• HIV and AIDS education
• health education services
• employment counseling services
• educational support

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• No smoking allowed

Age Groups Accepted:

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• inpatient heroin rehab for women

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish