Lowell Community Health Center Inc Behavioral Health Services Outpatient

Lowell Community Health Center Inc Behavioral Health Services Outpatient

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Adult women
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Adolescents
• Adult men
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity
• Other contracted prescribing entity

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

• Clonidine
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Medication for mental disorders
• Disulfiram
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Nicotine replacement
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Lofexidine

Treatment Approaches

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

Transitional Services

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

Medical Services

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

Other Languages

• Vietnamese
• Greek
• Portuguese

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

License/Certification/Accreditation

• The Joint Commission
• State department of health
• State mental health department
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
• State Substance use treatment agency
• Federally Qualified Health Center

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

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• SAMHSA funding/block grants
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Cash or self-payment
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• Medicaid

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• TB screening
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• STD testing
• HIV testing
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Type of Care

• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment

External Opioid Medications Source

• In-network prescribing entity
• Other contracted prescribing entity

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

• Private non-profit organization

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Recovery coach

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Payment Assistance Available

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

Language Services

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

Ancillary Services

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Substance use disorder education
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Individual counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Family counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Marital/couples counseling
• Group counseling