Column Health Lowell

Types of Care:

• residential treatment for heroin use
• inpatient treatment for heroin addiction and mental health diagnosis

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin services
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine clinical treatment
• Naltrexone clinical treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

• buprenorphine maintenance
• prescribes suboxone
• administers naltrexone
• relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies:

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Lofexidine
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach
• counseling for trauma victims
• 12-step rehab

Facility Ownership:

• a private for-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• State mental health department
• Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• Certified by the Council on Accreditation

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts self payment and cash
• Accepts state health insurance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for pregnant women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult males
• co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• case management
• domestic violence services
• HIV early intervention
• housing services
• mental health services
• recovery coaches
• social skills development
• help with transportation
• mentoring

Other Addictions Treatment:

• general addiction disorder treatment
• gambling disorder treatment
• internet use disorder treatment

Counseling Services and Education:

• counseling for individuals
• counseling for groups
• counseling for families
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV/AIDS counseling
• health education services
• employment counseling and training

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

• heroin rehab for women
• in-patient heroin rehab for men