Holyoke Medical Center – Behavioral Health

Holyoke Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare provider that offers substance use recovery as part of their behavioral healthcare. They’re located along Beech Street in the city of Holyoke in Hampden County, Massachusetts. They provide medication assisted treatment (MAT) to help adults over 18 tackle opioid use issues. MAT is a tried and trusted technique that fosters lasting abstinence. The technique uses meds approved by the FDA alongside behavioral therapy or counseling to deliver holistic care.

Holyoke Medical Center adopts a personalized approach to medication assisted treatment. This makes sense because people’s struggle with substance use is unique and so are their recovery goals. You’ll undergo a comprehensive evaluation or assessment during intake.

This helps the care team determine your history with opioids, your medical history and what you can expect from recovery. The care team will then work with you to create a personalized care plan based on your assessed needs. They offer oral and injectable buprenorphine as well as oral and injectable naltrexone in their MAT program. Your tailored care will involve a prescription of either of these meds to help you curb cravings and alleviate painful withdrawal symptoms.

The meds take care of the physical symptoms of withdrawal. You’ll attend counseling or behavioral therapy to help you take care of the underlying psychological symptoms and build strong coping mechanisms to prevent relapse. This integrated approach helps you stay longer in treatment, enabling you to master relapse prevention techniques.

The facility offers outpatient behavioral therapy or counseling via referrals. They also provide referrals to support services like recovery coaching and mental health, as well as primary care and harm reduction services. This is to ensure you receive holistic support as necessary for well-rounded healing. The facility accepts referrals from community providers, self-referrals and walk-ins.