South Shore Hospital Chemical Dependency

Types of Care:

• inpatient heroin detox services
• residential heroin abuse treatment
• residential treatment for dual diagnosis

Service Settings:

• hospital inpatient heroin rehab
• inpatient hospital heroin detox
• hospital inpatient treatment

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Methadone used in treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• No medication used for AUD

Type Of Treatment:

• methadone detox

Pharmacotherapies:

• Methadone
• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• dialectical behavior therapy
• relapse prevention treatment
• counseling for substance abuse
• 12 step rehabilitation

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Hospital licensing authority
• Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

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

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult males
• LGBT heroin rehab
• heroin rehab for vets
• dual diagnosis treatment
• HIV/AIDS clients
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma
• co-occurring substance abuse plus pain treatment

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• 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

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• recovery management
• social skills training
• transportation assistance

Other Addictions Treatment:

• treatment for non-substance use addiction disorder

Detoxification:

• inpatient alcohol detoxification
• cocaine detox
• inpatient opioid detoxification

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• counseling for groups
• substance use education
• health education services

Medical Services:

• Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services:

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

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

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

Services for deaf:

• Service for hearing impaired