About Hutchings Psychiatric Center – Syracuse
Hutchings Psychiatric Center in Syracuse, New York, is one of 24 state run psychiatric facilities that operates in collaboration with the local mental health system. The center is about five hours from Toronto, New York City, Boston, and Montreal. They provide addiction services and psychiatric care to adults and psychiatric care for children and adolescents.
The addiction medicine service provides short term treatment to address drug and alcohol addiction and other substance use disorders. They are equipped to treat co-occurring mental health conditions, called dual diagnosis. Treatment for dual diagnosis is specialized and requires integrated care provided simultaneously for addiction and mental health conditions.
Your customized treatment program may include an outpatient detox program to provide support with withdrawal symptoms and monitor your progress. Programs also include psychotherapy and medication assisted treatment (MAT) with referrals to other providers in the local area. You receive detoxification services and addiction treatment at the same office. Their program completion rate is over 80%, and more than 50% are still sober one month after the treatment has ended.
To be accepted into their program for treatment, you must be capable of scheduling your own appointment, and you must bring a support person with you to your first appointment. Because the addiction medicine program is part of a teaching hospital, your appointment is usually scheduled with the attending physician and other interns or residents. They accept most major insurance providers and will check your insurance information before starting treatment. If you arrive for your first appointment without a support person, you will be denied care.
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