Connecticut Valley Hospital Blue Hills Substance Services

Services & Programs

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Methadone detoxification
• Methadone maintenance
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Buprenorphine detoxification

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity

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

• State government

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for tobacco use
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Complete medical history/physical exam

Education and Counseling Services

• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Substance use disorder education
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Family counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Group counseling
• Individual counseling

Payment Assistance Available

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Methadone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder

Type of Care

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

Ancillary Services

• Transportation assistance
• Social skills development
• Acupuncture
• Early intervention for HIV
• Suicide prevention services
• Mental health services
• Integrated primary care services
• Case management service

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Medical Services

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Adult women
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Adult men
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Treatment Approaches

• Brief intervention
• Trauma-related counseling
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Relapse prevention
• 12-step facilitation
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Anger management
• Matrix Model
• Motivational interviewing

Pharmacotherapies

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

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Cocaine Detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification
• Opioids detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Alcohol Detoxification
• Methamphetamines detoxification

Testing

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

Recovery Support Services

• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Self-help groups
• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services
• Employment counseling or training
• Recovery coach

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• Hospital licensing authority
• The Joint Commission
• SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Transitional Services

• Naloxone and overdose education
• Discharge Planning

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient detoxification

Hospitals

• Psychiatric hospital

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Location

Address: 500 Vine Street, Hartford, CT 6112

Phone: (866) 418-3591

Website: http://www.ct.gov/dmhas

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