rehabSouthwest Connecticut Mental Health Systems
Bridgeport, CT
Addiction treatment and mental health care
Southwest Connecticut Mental Health Systems
Southwest Connecticut Mental Health Systems provides addiction treatment and mental health care in Bridgeport, CT, with outpatient and hospital inpatient services. People seeking care can access cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and individual counseling. Payment options include private health insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare.
1635 Central Avenue, 1st Floor, Bridgeport, CT, 06610
Services & treatment options
Treatment
Type of Care
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
Care setting
- Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
- Outpatient
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
Opioid Medications used in Treatment
- Buprenorphine used in Treatment
- Naltrexone used in Treatment
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
- This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- In-network prescribing entity
Type of Opioid Treatment
- Buprenorphine maintenance
- Prescribes buprenorphine
- Prescribes naltrexone
- Relapse prevention with naltrexone
Pharmacotherapies
- Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
- Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
- Buprenorphine with naloxone
- Buprenorphine without naloxone
- Chlorpromazine
- Clonidine
- Clozapine
- Fluphenazine
- Haloperidol
- Loxapine
- Medication for mental disorders
- Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
- Naltrexone (oral)
- Nicotine replacement
- Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
- Olanzapine
- Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
- Perphenazine
- Risperidone
- Thioridazine
Treatment Approaches
- 12-step facilitation
- Abnormal involuntary movement scale
- Activity therapy
- Anger management
- Brief intervention
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Contingency management/motivational incentives
- Couples/family therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Group therapy
- Individual psychotherapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Motivational interviewing
- Relapse prevention
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Trauma-related counseling
Assessment/Pre-treatment
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Screening for tobacco use
Testing
- Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
- Drug or alcohol urine screening
- HIV testing
- STD testing
- TB screening
- Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
- Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
Medical Services
- Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
- Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
Emergency Mental Health Services
- Crisis intervention team
- Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
- Psychiatric emergency onsite services
- Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
Who we help
Special Programs/Groups Offered
- Adult men
- Adult women
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Seniors or older adults
- Veterans
- Young adults
Age Groups Accepted
- Adults
- Seniors
- Young Adults
Gender Accepted
- Female
- Male
Payment & insurance
Payment and insurance
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Private health insurance
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
Payment Assistance Available
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Support services
Transitional Services
- Aftercare/continuing care
- Discharge Planning
- Naloxone and overdose education
Recovery Support Services
- Assistance with obtaining social services
- Employment counseling or training
- Housing services
- Mentoring/peer support
- Recovery coach
- Self-help groups
Other Services
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
Education and Counseling Services
- Family counseling
- Group counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
- Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
- Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
- Individual counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Substance use disorder education
- Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
Language Services
- Other languages (excluding Spanish)
- Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Spanish
Other Languages
- Creole
- Italian
- Polish
- Portuguese
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Diet and exercise counseling
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Early intervention for HIV
- Education services
- Family psychoeducation
- Intensive case management
- Legal advocacy
- Mental health services
- Psychosocial rehabilitation services
- Social skills development
- Suicide prevention services
- Supported employment
- Therapeutic foster care
- Transportation assistance
- Vocational rehabilitation services
About the center
Hospitals
- Psychiatric hospital
Facility operation
- State government
License/Certification/Accreditation
- Hospital licensing authority
- State Substance use treatment agency
- State mental health department
- The Joint Commission
Facility Smoking Policy
- Smoking not permitted
Facility Vaping Policy
- Vaping not permitted
Facility Type
- Psychiatric hospital