North Charles Mental Health & Addiction Services
North Charles Mental Health & Addiction Services in Cambridge, MA, focuses on behavioral healthcare services, specifically outpatient mental health and addiction treatment. Affiliated with Harvard Medical School, this non-profit provides comprehensive care to tackle substance abuse and mental illness.
North Charles aims to deliver top-tier drug treatment services in a safe and supportive environment. Accredited by CARF and certified by SAMHSA, the institute upholds high standards of quality and care in addiction treatment.
- Offers comprehensive addiction treatment and mental health services, including individual and group therapy.
- Specializes in opioid dependence, alcoholism, and other substance use disorders.
- Utilizes a team approach with medical professionals, nurses, and counselors.
- Accredited and certified, ensuring high-quality and evidence-based practices.
North Charles treats opioid dependence, alcoholism, and other addictions. Services are primarily for individuals in Cambridge and Somerville, benefiting those seeking recovery from both mental health issues and substance addiction.
- 1+ Accreditations
- SAMHSA Listed
- 7 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 5 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 23 Therapies & Programs
Accreditations
SAMHSA
Staff
- Gary HouleChief Executive OfficerLeader of North Charles, Inc.
- Janice F. KaufmanVice President, Addiction Treatment ServicesOver 45 years in addiction treatment.
- Charles MorseClinical ManagerOver 25 years in substance use treatment.
- Louisa Kason-ElliasPresidentPresident of North Charles, Inc.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. If you are taking more of your prescription, or earlier than the prescribed time interval between doses than is directed you may be abusing that medication. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally in or near Cambridge, MA, you may be suffering from substance abuse.
Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use and lead rapidly to substance abuse. The professionals at North Charles Mental Health & Addiction Services are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction treatment helps people addicted to opioids in Massachusetts curb their drug use. The selection of a treatment setting depends on the severity of the addiction. Mild cases are usually treated in outpatient facilities; severe cases need hospitalization or treatment in a residential facility. Doctors use medicines along with counseling and behavioral therapies to treat the addiction. The treatment includes medication, counseling and therapy. It can also include group counseling, individual counseling and family counseling.
Dual-Diagnosis
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 North Charles Mental Health & Addiction Services 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, Detox, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detox is a drug rehab process that begins before the actual drug rehab treatment. It is used to remove any residual toxins left in your body (and brain) after using drugs, and it is used with the intent to help you or your loved one complete drug rehab.
If you are addicted to opiates like heroin, methadone, or prescription painkillers, you will detox with medication. This is because the withdrawal symptoms are often more intense and uncomfortable for an opiate addict than for someone who has abused or is dependent on other drugs, like cocaine.
To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, North Charles Mental Health & Addiction Services offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the Massachusetts 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.
Aftercare comprises services that help recovering addicts readjust to normal day-to-day Massachusetts 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.
Therapies & Programs
One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Addiction involves everyone in a family, not only the addict. Couples therapy can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged.
When the whole family is involved, healing can be far more successful. Family counseling involves genetic factors to the family of the addict. This offers the means to cope with addiction and its underlying emotional disorders for loved ones. It is a helpful method for addicts in helping to adjust to sober living.
Trauma therapy allows people who struggled with a past trauma to face the situation and learn to overcome the situation. Many people who went through trauma early on, struggle with addiction later in life. By addressing the trauma and moving past the issues, it can help someone attending treatment at North Charles Mental Health & Addiction Services in Cambridge, MA move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.
Contingency management is a way to help motivate someone to remain substance free. It is a process North Charles Mental Health & Addiction Services uses which involves rewarding positive choices and good outcomes. As humans we are wired to recreate experiences that lead to positive feelings.
Payment Options
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Location & Contact
54 Washburn Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140
Phone Number
(617) 661-5700
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Location
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54 Washburn Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140 -
(617) 661-5700
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeAdults (20+)
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Cambridge, Massachusetts Addiction and Treatment
Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of drug abuse in the country. More than half a million Massachusetts residents abuse alcohol while more than 1.5 million use illegal drugs each year. This drug and alcohol usage is the cause of over 8% of all deaths in the state. In 2017, Massachusetts ranked in the top 10 of the states with the highest opioid overdose rates.
Cambridge boasts prestigious universities and lush outdoor spaces, providing an enriching backdrop for personal growth. Yet, staggering statistics reveal 2,578 opioid-related deaths in Middlesex County from 2000-2016, with the county ranking 9th for overdose deaths nationally.
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