Pyramid Quakertown is an inpatient adolescent drug and alcohol treatment facility located in Quakertown, Pennsylvania for teens struggling with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders. We offer separate programming for boys and girls in a structured setting designed to engage the adolescent in treatment, school, recreational and community service activities during all waking hours.
ABOUT PYRAMID HEALTHCARE – QUAKERTOWN MEN’S RESIDENTIAL INPATIENT TREATMENT CENTER
Pyramid Healthcare’s Quakertown Men’s Residential Inpatient Treatment Center, one of multiple Pyramid Healthcare facilities located throughout Pennsylvania, provides treatment for men struggling with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. Treatment is provided on an in-patient basis only. While detox is not provided on-site, clients may seek treatment for withdrawal symptoms at Pyramid Healthcare’s Altoona, Hillside, or Pittsburgh locations.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
Treatment starts with a thorough assessment. After admission, residents participate in highly structured programming designed to educate them on the disease of addiction and give them the tools needed to achieve and maintain sobriety.
Clients are introduced to the 12-Steps and receive life skills education. Clients attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings.
Therapy is conducted in group, family, and individual settings, and psychiatric evaluations are administered as needed. For long term clients, this facility utilizes an evidence-based clinical model called Living in Balance.
A co-occurring treatment program is available. At the end of treatment, clients undergo aftercare planning.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
According to its website, the center employs certified clinicians, registered nurses, medication technicians, and counselors.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
During treatment, residents stay in gender-specific housing. At this facility, there is room for 52 clients. Clients live in shared rooms with a total of two to three clients. Part of the treatment program includes access to recreational activities.
Clients participate in strict schedules and have minimal amounts of free time. Laundry detergent is provided by the facility. Transportation services are available.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
At the time of this review, seven alumni submitted feedback to Best-rehabs.com about Pyramid Healthcare. The feedback was mostly negative.
For treatment effectiveness, the alumni polled gave the facility one out of five stars. Several alumni complained about both the quality and quantity of the food. “Meals where below subpar and had you hungry 24/7,” Alum D.J.B. wrote in a representative review.
Alumni generally disliked the treatment staff and found the programming to be ineffective. Alum K. told Best-rehabs.com wrote that the staff was “horrible.” “Thereapists and the physiatrist were a joke, didnt see the individual as a individual kinda generalized everything,” alum Will wrote.
On Google, the facility garnered an average rating of 2.9 out of five stars from eight reviews. Alum Mike noted the “Awesome staff,” while one anonymous alum wrote: “It suck some of the staff were chill.”
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
At the time of this writing, one loved one provided feedback to Best-rehabs.com about Pyramid Healthcare. The feedback was fairly negative.
Loved one Lisa gave the program’s treatment effectiveness two out of five stars. While she appreciated that the counselor could relate to her daughter, she disclosed that her daughter relapsed three days after being discharged. “Would have preferred more education in dual- diagnosis… Program would benefit from a new approach,” she wrote.
FINANCING
Pyramid Healthcare provides self-pay options and accepts several insurance plans, including those from Aetna, Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield.