MindCare Agency PC - Pittsfield Massachusetts

MindCare Agency PC - Pittsfield, MA

Mindcare Agency Pc is treatment facility located at 150 North Street, Suite 250 in the 01201 zip code in Pittsfield, MA that offers medication-assisted treatment for addiction. It accepts military families, people with co-occurring substance use and pain and people with trauma into its treatment program. Some of the treatment approaches used by Mindcare Agency Pc consist of anger management, 12-step facilitation and brief intervention.

Address: 150 North Street, Suite 250, Pittsfield, MA 01201

  1. Types of Care
  2. Service Settings
  3. Opioid Medications used in Treatment
  4. External Opioid Medications Source
  5. Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  6. External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  7. Pharmacotherapies
  8. Treatment Approaches
  9. FacilityOwnership
  10. License/Certification/Accreditation
  11. Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
  12. Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported
  13. Assessment/Pre-treatment
  14. Screening & Testing
  15. Transitional Services
  16. Ancillary Services
  17. Counseling Services and Education
  18. Tobacco/Screening Services
  19. Facility Smoking Policy
  20. Age Groups Accepted
  21. Gender Accepted
  22. Additional Spoken Languages

Here are the full facility listing details on MindCare Agency PC in Pittsfield, MA:

Types of Care at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • Substance use treatment
  • Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Settings at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • Outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • Buprenorphine used in Treatment
  • Naltrexone used in Treatment

External Opioid Medications Source at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • In-network prescribing entity
  • Other contracted prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment at Mindcare Agency Pc

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • In-network prescribing entity
  • Other contracted prescribing entity

Pharmacotherapies at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • Acamprosate (Campral)
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
  • Clonidine

Treatment Approaches at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • anger management
  • brief intervention
  • cognitive behavioral therapy
  • contingency management/motivational incentives
  • motivational interviewing
  • matrix Model
  • relapse prevention
  • substance use counseling
  • trauma-related counseling
  • 12-step facilitation

FacilityOwnership at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • a private for-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • State substance abuse agency
  • State department of health

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military insurance
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • transitional age young adults
  • adult women
  • pregnant/postpartum women
  • adult men
  • seniors and older adults
  • lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT)
  • veterans
  • active duty military
  • military families
  • court/judicial system clients
  • people with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders
  • people with HIV or AIDS
  • sexual abuse victims
  • domestic violence victims
  • people with trauma
  • people with co-occurring substance use and pain

Assessment/Pre-treatment at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • Comprehensive substance use assessment

Screening & Testing at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing
  • Screening for Hepatitis B
  • Screening for Hepatitis C
  • Screening for substance use

Transitional Services at Mindcare Agency Pc

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

Ancillary Services at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • case management
  • mental health services
  • recovery coaches
  • self-help groups
  • mentoring/peer support

Counseling Services and Education at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • individual counseling
  • group counseling
  • family counseling
  • marital/couples counseling
  • substance use education
  • hepatitis education, counseling and support
  • HIV and AIDS education, support and counseling

Tobacco/Screening Services at Mindcare Agency Pc

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

Facility Smoking Policy at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • adults
  • young adults

Gender Accepted at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • women
  • men

Additional Spoken Languages at Mindcare Agency Pc

  • Spanish

Phone #: 413-344-0170

Call (866) 434-2077 for 24/7 help with treatment.

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  1. Supervised Administration: Methadone treatment is typically provided through opioid treatment programs (OTPs) or clinics where patients receive a daily dose of methadone under the supervision of healthcare professionals. This helps reduce the risk of misuse and overdose.

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