Saint Johns Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center
Saint John's Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center in Yonkers, NY, specializes in comprehensive addiction recovery services, primarily focusing on alcohol and drug abuse. This facility offers a continuum of care, from detoxification to aftercare support, ensuring tailored treatment for each individual.
The mission of Saint John's Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center is to provide quality, accessible substance abuse treatment. Accredited by The Joint Commission and licensed by the New York State Department of Health, they emphasize a multidisciplinary approach to cater to individual patient needs.
- Comprehensive care: Services range from inpatient detoxification to outpatient counseling and aftercare support.
- Medication-assisted treatment: Offers methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone to support recovery.
- Diverse programs: Includes individual, group, and family counseling to ensure holistic support.
- Dual-diagnosis treatment: Addresses co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
The center specializes in treating opioid and alcohol addictions, providing care for both individuals and families in need of support to overcome substance use disorders.
- 2+ Accreditations
- 7 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 5 Levels of Care
- Speaks English, Spanish
- 22 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Accreditations
State License
JCAHO
Staff
- Sherlon QuarlessSenior Director of Clinical ServicesPassionate Social Worker with excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
- L. G.Chief Executive OfficerLeader in providing high-quality, compassionate health care.
- T. B.Chief Executive OfficerDedicated to a tradition of service that spans generations.
- H. M.Chief Nursing OfficerCommitted to making life better for all patients.
- M. S.ChiefHighly skilled in medical technology and minimally invasive surgeries.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Substance abuse refers to the intensive and inappropriate use of psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are those that affect brain function. These include illegal drugs, alcohol, and even the excessive use of prescription drugs. The overuse of psychoactive substances leads to severe physical or psychological dependence. It also affects the social life and relationships of the affected individual. Substance abuse is treatable.
The duration of treatment at Saint Johns Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center in Yonkers can require weeks or even months depending on the severity of the condition as there is a risk of relapse. Treatment options include medications, counseling sessions, various types of behavioral therapy, and group therapy in different combinations.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Addiction to prescription opioid painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone, and illicit opioids such as heroin, leads to potentially life-threatening withdrawal symptoms when discontinued. Opioid addiction treatment typically involves an inpatient stay at facilities like Saint Johns Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center to make sure they get through withdrawal safely. Treatment also includes comprehensive mental health counseling.
Dual-Diagnosis Treatment in Yonkers, NY
Conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are part of mental illness. This may occur that opioid abuse and vice versa are induced by mental illness. Diagnosing a concurrent diagnosis or co-occurring condition at Saint Johns Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center is essential to understand the addiction better.
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, Partial-Hospitalization, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Outpatient programs are the standard for addiction treatment. About 9 in 10 U.S. adolescents entering addiction treatment enroll in these programs, so you’re not alone in Yonkers, NY. Treatment is delivered in different settings – offices, clinics, and primary care clinics.
Facilities offer a variety of services, such as individual and group counseling and family therapy. During the sessions, you work with a team of experts that include: General physicians, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Psychologists. The main goals of outpatient recovery programs are to help addicted individuals reduce drug use and addictive behaviors, eventually becoming entirely sober.
Partial hospitalization (PHP) is a type of outpatient addiction care. Each plan is tailored to meet unique individual needs. Treatment is more intense than that you receive at a therapist’s office. It is less intense than inpatient rehab. The entire treatment takes about ten days to complete. It does not require you to stay at the New York treatment center. Each visit lasts several hours, sometimes, eight hours. It can be the best choice for those who have recently developed an addiction.
Aftercare comprises services that help recovering addicts readjust to normal day-to-day New York activities. It can last a year or even longer. Services include individual and family counseling, medications to reduce cravings, and treatment of psychiatric and other medical conditions. Aftercare support begins once you have completed earlier stages of treatment.
Saint Johns Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center‘s Therapies & Programs
Addiction and alcoholism affect the entire family. For this reason, family therapy is vital to a person’s recovery from addiction. In contrast to couples counseling, family therapy at Saint Johns Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center may include siblings, children, parents, and other significant people in the recovering person’s life. Family support is one of the most important pillars of recovery.
Many people turn to drugs and alcohol as a way of processing trauma that has affected them in the past. Trauma can include abuse, neglect, the loss of a loved one and other unpleasant incidents. Trauma therapy at Saint Johns Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.
Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that focuses on eliminating specific negative thoughts such as suicidal thoughts that can potentially lead to an individual inflicting self-harm. It is useful in the treatment of patients exhibiting uncontrollable emotions, intense mood swings, and borderline personality disorders.
The term “Dialectic” means the integration of opposites. In the substance abuse context, DBT refers to accepting the patient’s addiction and working to change their thoughts and behavior. It improves life skills such as controlling the intense emotions without reacting impulsively, resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively, and promoting awareness about self and others.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Saint Johns Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center aims to establish a healthy response to thoughts and feelings as an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol. It also promotes healthy communication between addicts and those around them. It is and effective therapy for people suffering with all types of addictions.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a type of cognitive therapy. It is based on the principle that irrational thoughts are responsible for the emotional and behavioral changes in addiction. So, the therapy starts with identifying the underlying irrational thoughts. These thoughts are then challenged and opposed logically and then replaced with positive thoughts. It also helps to change unwanted behavior with techniques such as meditation.
By imparting positive thoughts and emotions, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) makes the individual self-reliant with a capacity to handle the emotional and behavioral issues in future by themselves without professional help. This self-dependence benefits the patients and prevent relapses.
The recovery technique used by Alcoholics Anonymous is the 12 step program, but it can relate to any form of addiction. The 12 steps that addicts must take on the road to recovery are explained. Measures include acknowledging that you have a problem and agreeing to turn around your life. The curriculum, instructed by Saint Johns Riverside Hospital - New Focus Center, also requires a belief in a greater power and making amends to others.
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Location & Contact
2 Park Avenue 2nd Floor
Yonkers, NY 10703
Phone Number
(914) 964-8000
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Location
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2 Park Avenue 2nd Floor Fl 2
Yonkers, NY 10703 -
(914) 964-8000
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeAdults (20+), Children (0-12), Teenagers
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Saint John’s Riverside Hospital
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 24, 2024
Yonkers, New York Addiction and Treatment
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.
Once a Dutch industrial powerhouse, Yonkers today thrives as a cultural hub offering hiking trails, museums, and vibrant events like the Yonkers Marathon. However, the city faces challenges with rising opioid overdose deaths, reaching 13.1 per 100,000 in 2020, and a 122% increase in drug-related deaths from 2010 to 2015.
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