Ponessa Behavioral Health

About Ponessa Behavioral Health – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Ponessa Behavioral Health provides outpatient services for drug use disorders. Both the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and the Department of Health have granted them licenses. With the help of trained and experienced personnel, their program uses knowledge, experience and strength to therapeutically support people whose lives have been negatively impacted by drugs and alcohol.

This facility offers outpatient services that include confidential screening, assessment and interventions. Tailored therapeutic approaches enable the patient to take charge of their own development and take ownership of their transformation. Early recovery issues, co-occurring issues and abstinence issues are among the treatment concerns they handle. They also address issues related to criminal justice, middle recovery, and later stages of recovery. Relapse prevention and codependency are among the topics they address.

Dual and multiple diagnoses are treated therapeutically here at the same time because substance use abuse and dependence are dynamic conditions. Initial assessments; individual, family and couples therapy; and various types, frequency, and length of specialty groups are all available from their outpatient clinic. Additionally, they provide medication assisted treatment, dual diagnosis outpatient groups and co-occurring outpatient services.

They provide medication assisted treatment (MAT), an empirically supported treatment option for individuals with opioid use disorders who are 18 years of age or older. Opioids comprise narcotic painkillers like heroin, Oxycontin, morphine and Percocet. Their medical staff and psychiatrists are able to provide Vivitrol, a monthly injection of long acting naloxone that totally blocks opioid receptors. This helps to manage cravings and avoid the high that comes with using opioids. They also give out prescriptions for Suboxone, which when taken as directed is meant to lessen the cravings and withdrawal symptoms related to opioids.

Medical Assistance, PerformCare and Community Care Behavioral Health and Dauphin Co. are among the funding sources they accept. They also take other forms of funding both public and private. Also available to clients is self pay.

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