Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City
Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City in Jersey City, NJ focuses on opioid rehab and offers diverse treatments like MAT, detox, IOP, and general outpatient services. Known for compassionate and comprehensive care, the nonprofit integrates individual, group, and family counseling with medication-assisted treatments using methadone, Suboxone, and Naltrexone.
The mission of Spectrum is to offer comprehensive opioid therapy while keeping clients connected to their family, community, and employment. Accredited by CARF and licensed in New Jersey, it is a recognized SAMHSA-certified opioid treatment program with DEA registration.
- Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT): Offering methadone, buprenorphine/Suboxone, and naltrexone/Vivitrol to manage opioid dependence.
- Comprehensive Services: Includes detox, intensive outpatient (IOP), outpatient (OP), and aftercare programs.
- Diverse Counseling: Individual, group, and family counseling, along with medication management and trauma therapy.
- Gender-Specific Programs: Customized treatment programs for both men and women.
Spectrum Health Care treats opioid addiction, alcoholism, drug addiction, dual diagnoses, and substance abuse disorders. Men and women benefit significantly from their gender-specific programs.
- 1+ Accreditations
- SAMHSA Listed
- 19 Conditions Treated
- 5 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 25 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Accreditations
SAMHSA
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 Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City in Jersey City 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 Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City to make sure they get through withdrawal safely. Treatment also includes comprehensive mental health counseling.
Dual-Diagnosis
Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City in New Jersey knows it is vital to diagnose dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Detox, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
One of the first things an addict should do when entering treatment is to abstain from using illicit drugs completely. Depending on the length of time that the person has been using, the addict may have to go through alcohol or drug withdrawal. Fortunately, detox doesn’t have to be done alone, and withdrawal symptoms can be managed medically in an inpatient or outpatient setting. While detox may be uncomfortable, it is not life-threatening. Detoxification allows the addict to rid the body of all traces of drugs or alcohol and gives the addict a clean slate for their recovery.
Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in New Jersey is appropriate for patients in residential recovery facilities that have been diagnosed with addiction. Patients return to their everyday lives gradually, increasing the likeliness of success in treatment.
To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the New Jersey patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.
Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City‘s Therapies & Programs
In addiction recovery at Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City, therapy plays a significant role. This helps patients get to the root of their addiction and discover how the problems that contributed to their use can be handled better. Therapy can be performed in a group and one on one settings. The patient interacts with the therapist in a one-on-one atmosphere during individual therapy. This encourages them to reflect on the underlying addiction problems and develop ways to avoid potential future abuse.
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 Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City 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.
Life skills pertain to the skill sets a person should possess to become successful in life. Examples are time management, budgeting, and social abilities. Life skills therapy highlights the fact that addiction recovery is more than just a person’s ability to go through their day-to-day without resorting to substance use in Jersey City, NJ once they leave the facility.
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 Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City, also requires a belief in a greater power and making amends to others.
Contingency Management (CM), also called motivational incentives, is a type of pure behavioral therapy. It’s based on the idea that behavior is shaped, motivated, or controlled by its outcomes. CM is a clinical application at Spectrum Health Care - Jersey City of operant conditioning, which helps clients eliminate unwanted behaviors by the use of positive and negative reinforcement.
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Location & Contact
74 Pacific Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07304
Phone Number
(201) 451-2544
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Jersey City, New Jersey Addiction and Treatment
The state of New Jersey is afflicted by the rising opioid overdose crisis and the increase in the number of residents engaging in illegal substance abuse. 90% of the 2,900 drug overdose deaths in New Jersey involved opioids in 2018. Over 1.1 million New Jersey residents reportedly use drugs in a given year. High prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse caused 14% of all deaths in the state between 2008 and 2017.
Jersey City, located across the Hudson River from Manhattan, offers a vibrant arts scene, outdoor activities, and cultural events. With its proximity to NYC and array of activities, it provides an ideal environment for healing during drug rehab. However, opioid-related overdose deaths in Hudson County increased by 35% from 2020 to 2024, with fentanyl accounting for 80% of all opioid-related deaths in 2024.
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