ABOUT SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER – BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Located in Hartford, Conn., Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is part of Trinity Health of New England. Its Behavioral Health Services offers a variety of mental health and substance abuse treatment programs, including residential and outpatient care for adults, adolescents, and children. Medically supervised detox services are available on-site for adults struggling with opioid dependency.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
The hospital’s residential program provides mental health and substance abuse treatment for adults, adolescents, and children ages five to 12. Treatment starts with a behavioral health and psychiatric assessment to develop an individualized treatment plan.
Utilizing psychiatric rehabilitation and relapse prevention techniques, the hospital offers a dedicated unit to treat adults struggling with substance abuse or a co-occurring disorder. Alumni reviews submitted to Best-rehabs.com indicated that treatment includes individual and group counseling.
The opioid treatment program is a 24-bed residential program for adults who require medical detox services. Along with addressing the physical aspects of opioid dependency through medication-assisted treatment (MAT), the hospital holds process groups to address goal-setting, addiction education, living in recovery, relapse prevention, and nutrition.
The residential child and adolescent units provide comprehensive psychiatric services for children with severe behavioral issues, or youth who may have experienced some kind of disruption in early childhood attachment. Treatment may include counseling, play therapy, therapeutic recreation, and medication management.
In addition to residential treatment, clients can access a wide range of outpatient services, such as individual and family counseling, medication management, and assessment and evaluation.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
The Behavioral Health Services’ staff includes psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurse clinician, registered nurses, licensed pharmacists, licensed clinical psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed counselors and therapists, master’s level clinicians, a creative therapist, a dietitian, a pastoral counselor, and mental health workers.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center offers a clinical yet comfortable, supervised setting in age-specific units. The detoxification program for individuals struggling with opioid dependency can accommodate up to 24 individuals.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
At the time of this writing, five alumni provided feedback about the Behavioral Health Services at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. The feedback was generally positive. Alumni indicated that the treatment was effective, and many praised the facility’s staff, the quality of counseling, and its discharge planning. “Good facility with good staff,” one anonymous alum wrote. Another alum added: “They provide great long term counseling.”
FINANCING
St. Francis accepts most major insurance policies and is among the 34% of U.S. facilities that accepts Medicare. A 45% discount is available to help improve the affordability of treatment for uninsured individuals.
CONCLUSION
Trinity Health of New England has a new CEO since early 2018. In that time, Saint Francis also received its largest grant ever, which was provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.