Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare - Harriet May Mills House for Women
The Harriet May Mills House for Women, located in Syracuse, NY, focuses on providing a supportive living environment for women who are recovering from substance abuse. This community residence operated by Helio Health offers structured outpatient treatment services, ensuring continued support and care for residents.
Helio Health's mission is to promote recovery from the effects of substance use, mental health disorders, and other health issues. They are dedicated to helping individuals reclaim their lives and achieve sustainable sobriety.
- Outpatient Treatment: Residents continue their treatment through Helio Health's outpatient clinics or other community programs.
- Living Skills Training: Offers training in essential living skills to help residents achieve independence.
- Education and Vocational Training: Provides opportunities for education and vocational training to aid in personal development and career readiness.
- Volunteer Programs: Encourages community involvement and personal growth through structured volunteer programs.
The Harriet May Mills House for Women treats substance use disorders, primarily focusing on women who have completed inpatient rehabilitation. It offers continued structure and support during outpatient treatment.
- 3 Conditions Treated
- 5 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 18 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
The inappropriate use of any drug in Syracuse, NY is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare - Harriet May Mills House for Women. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment at Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare - Harriet May Mills House for Women
Opioid Addiction Treatment supports people recovering from addiction to prescription drugs as well as illegal opioids. This is a hospital-based or residential treatment. Depending upon one’s age, detox without the appropriate medication may be unpleasant or even dangerous–some get body aches, fever, chills, while others may even have seizures.
Opioid treatment involves medically assisted detox, physical and mental support. Most rehabilitations use an array of treatments to ensure overall wellbeing, such as Medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which one gets behavioral therapy, medicines, and counseling. A client-centered approach can reduce one’s chances of relapse. Therapists at work with the client to figure out environmental and behavioral triggers, giving them the power to change the patterns.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Inpatient, Residential, Sober-Living / Half-Way, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An inpatient is a person who stays in a hospital or rehab center during treatment. For alcohol- and drug-dependent individuals, inpatient rehabs provide individualized around-the-clock services. Inpatient treatment programs address a person’s unique physical, medical, and psychological needs. A team of experts assess the severity of the addiction and design a highly tailored program. typically, the length of stay in an inpatient facility in Syracuse, NY is 30 days. Those with severe addiction may need to stay at the facility for 60 to 90 days.
A sober living home in Syracuse, NY, also known as an SLH, is much like a halfway house. It is halfway between a drug or alcohol treatment facility and living at home. There are some specific rules and regulations residents must follow, like attending mandatory meetings, and household chore-type activities.
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.
Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare - Harriet May Mills House for Women in New York after they attain initial sobriety.
Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare - Harriet May Mills House for Women. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.
Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.
Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare - Harriet May Mills House for Women brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.
Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.
Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that helps an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally and withdraw from social interaction due to the physical and emotional disturbances caused by addiction.
Life skills therapy helps them to improve various personal, professional and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision making, time management, regulation of emotions and resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively.
Contingency Management (CM), also known as motivational incentives or prize method, is a behavioral therapy type. It is based on the principle that their consequences influence the behaviors of an individual. So, it promotes the desired behavior by giving rewards while discouraging the unwanted behaviors by withholding the rewards or even by giving punishments. One of the expected desired behavior is the absence of drug in a toxicology screen, and the rewards vary from prize or vouchers, to experiences. CM is used for individuals who need therapy for more than 3 months, and it has the advantage of being implemented by family members.
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Location & Contact
1074 W Genesee St
Syracuse, NY 13204
Phone Number
(315) 463-9266
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Location
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1074 W Genesee St
Syracuse, NY 13204 -
(315) 463-9266
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Gender-Exclusive
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AgeAdults (20+), Teenagers
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ModalityFamily, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Helio Health
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Syracuse, 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.
Syracuse, a vibrant city in central New York, offers a diverse array of attractions like hiking at Green Lakes State Park and exploring the Erie Canal Museum. The city boasts a thriving arts scene with venues like the Everson Museum of Art and the Landmark Theatre. However, Syracuse faces a significant drug epidemic, with fentanyl involved in 33 out of 35 drug overdose deaths in the first quarter of 2023. Since 2012, a total of 1,225 people have died in Onondaga County from opioid overdoses.
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