CLINICAL UNIT BASED RESEARCH
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program
Northern New England Node Community Treatment Program Sites
1. Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR)
Fall River, MA and North Kingston, RI
SSTAR is a community based provider offering a full continuum of care. SSTAR believes in addressing the unique needs of the special populations that exist in its geographic region. To do this, it has developed a "one-stop shopping" model with a full continuum of care . including services such as babysitting, domestic violence and rape crisis intervention, primary care, and HIV services all at a single location. All services at SSTAR are bilingual and culturally sensitive due to a large (20%) proportion of patients of Portuguese descent.
CTN Contact
Nancy Paull, M.S.
386 Stanley Street
Fall River, MA 02720
Work Phone: (508) 679-5222 ext. 3250
Fax Number: (508) 676-5671
E-Mail: npaull@sstar.org
2. Adcare Hospital, Inc.
Worcester, MA
AdCare is a 114-bed hospital with four outpatient sites in Worcester, Boston, North Dartmouth, MA and Warwick, RI. The hospital provides services to adults with any type of drug dependence as well as providing treatment to their families. AdCare recognizes addiction as a disease and recommends abstinence as the most useful goal for individuals. As such, the hospital exposes patients and families to self-help programs as critical resources throughout recovery. Treatment consists of motivating patients and families to participate if necessary, providing education about their illness and teaching the skills necessary for recovery. Approximately 40% of the patient population is opioid dependent, the most common drug dependence diagnosis.
CTN Contact
Patrice Muchowski, Sc.D.
AdCare Hospital
107 Lincoln Street
Worcester, MA 01605
Work Phone: (508) 453-3039
Fax Number: (508) 753-3733
E-Mail: pmuchowski@adcare.com
3. CAB Health and Recovery Services, Inc.
Danvers, MA
CAB offers all levels of non-hospital based levels of care, including two detoxification programs, two short-term residential programs, gender specific halfway house programs, and two specialized halfway house programs for women and their children. CAB also offers traditional outpatient treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, including a specialized intensive outpatient treatment program for adolescents, .driving under. programs, and methadone maintenance treatment. CAB also has been awarded a number of federal and privately funded research grants and projects over the past ten years.
CAB views substance dependence as a primary illness that can have a progressive or chronic course. A holistic approach that addresses clients. substance abuse problems in addition to other problems that they may experience is essential. Substance abuse problems are systemic problems that require, when possible, the participation of affected family and social networks to facilitate successful recovery. Treatment should be provided in the least restrictive setting that addresses problem severity and in which the client is willing to participate. Involvement in community self-help programs and/or other ongoing treatment by both the substance abuser and affected family members facilitates recovery.
CTN Contact
Michael S. Levy, Ph.D.
CAB Health and Recovery Services
111 Middleton Road
Danvers, MA 01923
Work Phone: (978) 739-7691
Fax Number: (978) 750-3620
E-Mail: michael_levy@cabhealth.org
4. Mercy Hospital's Recovery Center
Westbrook, ME
The Recovery Center is the largest substance abuse treatment center in Maine and has been serving the community for 20 years, offering inpatient and outpatient services for more than 2,000 patients per year. Mercy treats the entire spectrum of drug addiction one step at a time...one day at a time...one person at a time, all with total confidentiality.
Services include inpatient detoxification, partial hospitalization, day and evening intensive outpatient services, and individual and group therapy sessions.
Our Medical Director is Mark Publicker, MD, a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a nationally recognized expert in the treatment of addictive disorders. Our medical staff includes Stanley Evans, MD,, Roger Kendricks, DO, Anthony Kozma, DO and Edward McCarthy, MD.
Our Treatment Teams include physicians specializing in Addiction Medicine and Psychiatry, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors, Registered Nurses and over 50 enthusiastic volunteer alumni.
Those with substance abuse issues often have other health complications. Our staff is committed to addressing the recovery needs of each patient.
The Recovery Center provides twenty four hour-a-day access for advice and admission.
The Recovery Center of Mercy Hospital
40 Park Road, Westbrook, Maine
Intake and Assessment
(207) 879-3600
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
CTN Contact
Burma Wilkins, RHIA, MSB
Mercy Hospital
144 State Street
Portland, ME 04101
Work Phone: (207) 857-8085
Fax Number: (207) 857-8077
E-Mail: wilkinsb@mercyme.com