About Mount Sinai West – New York
Mount Sinai is world-renowned for its innovative and cutting-edge medical research and care. The Mount Sinai West Addiction Institute and mental health programs at 1000 10th Ave in New York City are no different.
They have a prolific psychiatry and substance abuse treatment program. This includes care at every level from 24-hour crisis intervention and inpatient units to outpatient programs that allow individuals to seek support if needed on occasion. Intensive outpatient programs and day treatment are also available through Mount Sinai West’s Addiction Institute and Psychiatry Departments.
Inpatient services are most often accessed through the emergency department and admissions are accepted 24 hours a day 7 days a week at Mount Sinai West. Once a person comes to the ER they will be assessed and evaluated by medical, mental health and addiction specialists who will help confirm a diagnosis and or needed treatment plan.
After this initial five to seen days of detox, the treatment focus will shift to rehabilitation and recovery.
Just like your body needs physical rehabilitation and physical therapy after an injury or accident, your mental health needs rehabilitation from harmful habits, past traumas, and destructive coping mechanisms. Rehabilitation offers daily therapy sessions and self-help groups. Group, individual, and family counseling, Motivational enhanced and psychoeducational groups help patients develop healthy goals and build positive life coping skills.
Art Therapy, stress reduction programs, nutritional counseling and Intensive Relapse Prevention Training are all a part of treatment here and seem to help many patients have success in their future sober life.
Methadone and Buprenorphine are medications offered in conjunction with other therapies to give each person the physical help they need to be successful in recovery.
They have a Crystal Clear Project that helps face the extensive crystal meth problem. This program is specifically designed to address the needs of gay and bisexual men and to help them live a safer lifestyle when it comes to substance abuse or unsafe sexual practices
Case management and general medical care are offered as well as specialized programs for HIV and Hepatitis C testing, management, and care are provided to those in need. There is a women’s only clinic and anyone in the MAT program has access to any and all psychiatric and medical services within the Mount Sinai Health System when needed.
There is an intensive outpatient program which gives support five days a week, a specialized program for seniors in recovery, and a child and adolescent treatment program as well.
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