Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville in Moundsville, WV, focuses on treating substance abuse and mental health issues. This non-profit facility offers comprehensive services, including outpatient therapy and crisis intervention. Specialized programs cater to various age groups and conditions, providing well-rounded care for its patients.
Northwood Health Systems' mission is to deliver cost-effective, quality care to those with emotional, intellectual, and addiction-related issues. The facility is accredited by SAMHSA and holds a West Virginia state license, ensuring high standards in treatment and care.
- Comprehensive Care: Offers outpatient therapy, medication management, and crisis intervention services.
- Specialized Programs: Tailored programs for children, adolescents, adults, and senior citizens.
- Behavioral Support: Provides behavior support services and community-focused treatment.
- Intensive Outpatient Programs: Designed for individuals with moderate to severe symptoms.
This facility treats substance abuse and a wide range of mental health issues. Services are available for all age groups, including children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
- 3+ Accreditations
- SAMHSA Listed
- 6 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 5 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 22 Therapies & Programs
Accreditations
State License
SAMHSA

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Staff
- Mark GamesPresident & Chief Executive OfficerExperienced leader overseeing operations and strategic direction of Northwood Health Systems.
- Richard StockleyChief Financial OfficerResponsible for financial management and reporting at Northwood Health Systems.
- Robert KotsonNorthwood Health Systems/ Mid-Valley HealthcareSelf-directed professional with extensive management, quality, and advanced computer and accounting skills.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
The inappropriate use of any drug in Moundsville, WV is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment at Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville
Opioid addiction is known as a high-risk factor for future heroin addiction. Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable and lead the user to continue to use. It is recommended to receive inpatient treatment and a medically supervised detox, Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville in Moundsville, WV offers treatment for opioids.
Dual-Diagnosis
A dual diagnosis is when someone deals with both alcohol and mental or emotional disorder. Emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression can be part of dual diagnosis therapy. It must happen simultaneously to get care for these conditions to handle any of them effectively.
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.
Detoxification is a process that allows the patient to stop using opioids without experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms. This can be necessary for those who have been addicted for a long period of time or who are struggling with chronic pain. During this process, addicts will receive medication and psychological support from doctors and other medical professionals until they can control their cravings.
In outpatient programs at Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville, the Moundsville resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level.
Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near Moundsville, WV, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville. 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.
Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.
Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville 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.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville aims to help patients understand the relationship between their thoughts, feeling and behaviors and it gives them the tools to make a change. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from extreme mental health issues.
Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. REBT is a method of specific counseling offered by Northwood Health Systems - Moundsville that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts.
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

10 Ash Ave
Moundsville, WV 26041
Phone Number
(304) 845-3000
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Moundsville, West Virginia Addiction and Treatment
West Virginia ranks first in the nation for drug overdoses and the amount of overdoses is sometimes twice that of the United States's average. More than 100,000 residents are dependent on drugs and alcohol; many of those are minors who have been influenced by addicted parents to start using drugs at a young age. In 2013, an estimated 7,000 children in West Virginia were addicted to drugs.
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