Middlesex Human Service Agency Inc Answer House Recovery Home

Types of Care:

• transitional and sober living
• residential treatment for heroin use

Service Settings:

• residential heroin rehab
• 90 day and 1 year inpatient heroin rehab

External Opioid Medications Source:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• CBT
• motivational incentives
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention treatment
• counseling for substance abuse
• trauma counseling
• 12 step rehabilitation

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts state health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

• Provides payment assistance
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for transitional-age young adults
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult men
• heroin rehab for seniors
• LGBT heroin rehab
• heroin rehab for vets
• dual diagnosis treatment
• HIV/AIDS clients
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment

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

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• recovery management
• domestic violence services
• HIV early intervention
• housing services
• mental health services
• self-help groups
• social skills development
• help with transportation
• group meetings

Other Addictions Treatment:

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

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• counseling for families
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS education
• health education services
• employment counseling and training
• vocational training

Medical Services:

• Hepatitis A vaccination
• Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• in-patient heroin rehab for men

Additional Spoken Languages:

• French
• Greek
• Portuguese
• Spanish