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START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene

START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene

Drug Rehab Center in Brooklyn, New York

  • Opioid Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

The Child Center of NY - Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York specializes in providing comprehensive treatment for alcoholism, opioid addiction, dual diagnosis, mental health issues, and substance abuse, offering detox, rehab, outpatient services, and aftercare support, and is accredited by CARF and SAMHSA.

About This Brooklyn, NY Facility

START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene, located in Brooklyn, New York, stands out as a nonprofit organization dedicated to aiding individuals battling with substance abuse, including those affected by HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. Its unique approach integrates medical, behavioral, and vocational services within its medication-assisted treatment programs, offering a holistic path to recovery.

Accredited by CARF and SAMHSA, START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene ensures adherence to the highest standards of care. The center's affiliation with the larger START Treatment and Recovery network amplifies its capacity to provide comprehensive, evidence-based healthcare and social services tailored to the needs of those it serves.

  • Offers a blend of medical, behavioral, and vocational services to address all aspects of addiction and recovery.
  • Affiliated with START Treatment and Recovery, enhancing its comprehensive care with a wide network of resources.
  • Accredited by CARF and SAMHSA, affirming its commitment to high-quality, evidence-based care.

Providing care for substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis C, this center employs medication-assisted treatments alongside behavioral therapies. It offers a spectrum of care levels, from outpatient services to more intensive options, to address each individual's specific needs.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • SAMHSA Listed
  • Multiple Centers
  • Accreditations

    SAMHSA

    CARF

    The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    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 START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene to make sure they get through withdrawal safely. Treatment also includes comprehensive mental health counseling.

    Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene in New York knows it is vital to diagnose dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder.

    Levels of Care Offered

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Detox, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, 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.

    To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the New York 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.

    START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene‘s Therapies & Programs

    In addiction recovery at START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene, 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.

    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 START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene 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.

    In group therapy, the patient undergoes sessions with other patients at START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene who are dealing with similar problems. The members of the group interact with each other and talk freely about their issues at scheduled sessions. Group therapy reduces the feeling of loneliness and improves the coping skills of the patients. You are not alone in Brooklyn, New York.

    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 Brooklyn, NY once they leave the facility.

    It’s no surprise that diet is a crucial player in one’s well-being. What an individual puts into his or her body becomes the fuel that drives the mental and physical faculties to perform accordingly. Therefore, nutrition therapy, also known as medical nutrition therapy (MNT), guarantees that an individual is providing his or her mind and body with proper nourishment.

    The right diet can improve a person’s general outlook, sleep habits, and thought processing skills. MNT also lowers the occurrence of chronic diseases such as adult-onset diabetes. Dieticians at START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York believe that nutrition therapy is the key to making significant lifestyle changes, especially when it comes to personal care.

    Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRTC) used products like skin patches and gum to deliver nicotine into the bloodstream of people trying to quit smoking. This helps break the habits associated with smoking. The very low doses of nicotine managed by START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene prevent cravings while helping people make a gradual transition to complete smoking cessation.

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
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    START Treatment and Recovery Centers - Fort Greene Location and Directions
    Address Information937 Fulton St
    Brooklyn, New York 11238 Phone Number(718) 789-1212 Meta DetailsUpdated April 15, 2024
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    Brooklyn, 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.

    Brooklyn has a hospitalization rate for drug overdoses nearly double the New York City average. In 2012, there were 1,814 admissions to drug treatment centers in Brooklyn, which accounted for 6.8% of all admissions in NYC. Over 3 million emergency room visits were related to drug misuse in 2016. Some of the most common treatments include inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation, 12-step programs, and detoxification.

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