Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Winfield
Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Winfield, located in Winfield, Alabama, focuses on outpatient substance abuse treatment for adolescents and adults. Unique offerings include emergency/crisis intervention, group therapy, and a specialized adolescent female crisis residential program known as START. It serves multiple counties including Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, and Winston.
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- Outpatient Services: Provides comprehensive outpatient care, including individual and group therapy.
- Crisis Intervention: Emergency and crisis intervention services are available for immediate support.
- START Program: Offers an adolescent female crisis residential service in Walker County.
- Holistic Approach: Includes case management, medication-assisted treatment, and various educational classes.
This center treats substance use disorders, focusing primarily on adolescents and adults in need of outpatient care. It benefits individuals in crisis and those requiring a structured treatment plan.
- 2 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 4 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 17 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally, you may be suffering from substance abuse.
Fortunately facilities like Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Winfield in Winfield, AL are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction treatment facilities in Alabama, like Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Winfield cover both illegal and prescription opioids abuse. Most plans include detoxification and subsequent medications to ease the process. Behavioral therapies and counseling are also necessary to resolve the root cause of addiction.
Dual-Diagnosis
A dual diagnosis is when someone deals with both alcohol and mental or emotional disorder. Emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression can be part of dual diagnosis therapy. It must happen simultaneously to get care for these conditions to handle any of them effectively.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An outpatient treatment program is set up to help with alcohol or drug addiction, or a co-occurring disorder. The patient must attend the Alabama facility for their therapy and other programs but are able to return home each night. The frequency of mandatory attendance decreases after much of Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Winfield‘s program is complete.
Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Winfield helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near Winfield, AL, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.
Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Winfield‘s Therapies & Programs
It has been said that unhealed trauma is the root of most addictions. Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. Healing past traumas and introducing coping strategies are strong foundations for sustained recovery from addiction. This may involve individual or group counseling or both, in a Winfield, AL facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Winfield understand how their feelings, beliefs, and thoughts affect their behaviors. DBT is particularly useful for people with self-harming behaviors, as well as those with substance abuse disorders. DBT teaches people how to tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, and how to become mindful.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders, and if not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders.
CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern by cognitive restructuring. In simple terms, it helps to remove negative thoughts and provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness, self-control, and healthy ways to respond to negative thoughts. It can be administered as a mono-therapy as well as a part of combination therapy.
The 12-step program is a part of substance abuse treatment. In this program, peers help each other to achieve the goal of abstinence. It was initially developed by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. Due to its huge success, the 12-step program is included as a part of other substance abuse treatments.
The 12 steps guide at an individual level. It begins with the individuals accepting that they are addicts, and they understand its consequences. It is followed by focusing on the recovery process and making amends for hurting others. The program provides the benefit of cognitive restructuring, which refers to the process of change in the negative thoughts that leads to long-term benefits.
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Location & Contact
260 Baker Street
Winfield, AL 35594
Phone Number
(205) 487-2124
Additional Locations
- Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Hamilton in Hamilton, AL
- Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Haleyville in Haleyville, AL
- Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Fayette in Fayette, AL
- Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Jasper in Jasper, AL
- Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center - Vernon in Vernon, AL
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Location
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260 Baker Street
Winfield, AL 35594 -
(205) 487-2124
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeChildren (0-12), Teenagers
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ModalityGroup, Individuals
Ownership
Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Winfield, Alabama Addiction and Treatment
Opioids, such as heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioids are related to more than half of all drug-related overdoses in Alabama. Alcohol is the most frequently used substance in Alabama; 85,000 Alabamians use cocaine every single year. In Alabama, there are four times as many vehicle crashes involving alcohol as there are normal vehicle crashes.
The impact of drug addiction and abuse on the community in Winfield, Alabama, is significant. About 8.9% of people abuse drugs. Each year, there's an average of 240 deaths related to heroin addiction and use. Drug addiction and abuse can devastatingly impact individuals, families, and the broader community. Winfield is a great place to live after getting sober. There are many rehabilitation centers in Winfield, and the people are friendly and welcoming.
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