Andrus Childrens Center - Mental Health Division
Drug Rehab Center in Yonkers, New York
- Mental Health
Andrus Children's Center - Mental Health Division is an addiction treatment facility located in Yonkers, NY, that offers both outpatient and inpatient levels of care to assist its patients suffering from mental health disorders with their recovery through counseling, medication management, behavioural therapy, and other resources.
About This Yonkers, NY Facility
Andrus Children’s Center – Mental Health Division provides comprehensive behavioral health services in Yonkers, New York. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children and their families who are dealing with mental health and behavioral health issues. They provide care for children and adolescents backed by evidence-based behavioral therapy and trauma-informed approaches. The center offers a full range of outpatient and inpatient services with a focus on diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues ranging from anxiety and depression to serious mental health issues.
The facility specializes in addiction and substance abuse services, particularly underage drinking and drug addiction. They provide recovery programs such as individual and group counseling, family counseling, dual diagnosis evaluations, and substance abuse monitoring. These programs are accredited by the Joint Commission and licensed by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. Andrus also provides an extensive range of prevention and education services to decrease the risks of substance abuse and reduce the number of underage drinkers.
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This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Inpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
When a patient checks into Andrus Childrens Center - Mental Health Division, inpatient care takes place. Patients undergo treatment that requires detoxification and counseling round the clock. While outpatient treatments are available, as the first phase in recovery, inpatient care is suggested. Intensive and thorough rehabilitation sets patients on the road to a drug-free life.
In outpatient programs at Andrus Childrens Center - Mental Health Division, the Yonkers resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level.
Andrus Childrens Center - Mental Health Division‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Andrus Childrens Center - Mental Health Division. This builds a personal and trusting relationship so you can truly be yourself and express any emotions as you feel them. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction and coping strategies to prevent relapse.
Substance abuse does a number on an individual’s relationship with other people, particularly in marriage. Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. Therefore, it becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Most programs only zero in on the individual with substance addiction without factoring in the importance of the other half’s emotional support.
However, some facilities, like Andrus Childrens Center - Mental Health Division in Yonkers, New York, offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal, support each other, and the patient’s sobriety.Group Therapy is a type of counseling that occurs between a bunch of strangers. These groups are suitable for patients who are not confined in a treatment facility, but group sessions are also common in inpatient rehab programs. Group therapy is led by a trained individual at Andrus Childrens Center - Mental Health Division in Yonkers, NY and consists of members from different stages of recovery.
The goal of group therapy sessions is to foster hope and a sense of belonging, share information, and learn coping mechanisms. It also helps to have people who can relate to what you’re going through. Good behaviors can also be contagious, and participants can learn from one another.
Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) DBT is a treatment of choice for people being treated at Andrus Childrens Center - Mental Health Division whom are suffering from self-harming behaviors. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Andrus Childrens Center - Mental Health Division asks people to investigate how their thoughts, including habitual, negative, and inaccurate ways of thinking affect behaviors. CBT is based on the idea that rigid, inflexible ways of thinking cause people to have a limited ability to cope with stress
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Yonkers, New York 10701 Phone Number(914) 965-1109 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Yonkers, New York Addiction Information
More than 2 million New Yorkers are currently suffering from some type of substance abuse and many of those are minors. Alcohol abuse, in particular, is prevalent among those underage. As a result of the high prices and regulation of prescription drugs, many New Yorkers turn to heroin instead. This has led to a serious heroin epidemic in the state.
The drug addiction problem in Yonkers, New York, is relatively bad. Around 9% of the population in Yonkers abuses drugs. There were 1,549 admissions to drug rehab facilities in Yonkers in 2014, which is only expected to increase further. Some of the commonly abused substances are legal, and some are illegal drugs like cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. Treatment typically lasts 30 days but the length depends on the individual's needs.
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