Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction
Boston Childrens Hospital
2 Brookline Place, Brookline, MA 02445
Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Boston Childrens Hospital is an outpatient facility in Brookline, MA offering substance use treatment. Buprenorphine and Naltrexone are used for opioid use disorder. It reports accepting self-payment, TRICARE, Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance, with a sliding fee scale based on income.
Licenses and accreditations
- Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)Registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
- Hospital licensing authorityLicensed by the state's hospital licensing authority.
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)Accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
- State department of healthLicensed by the state's department of health.
- State substance use treatment agencyLicensed by the state's substance use treatment agency.
- The Joint CommissionAccredited by The Joint Commission.
Kinds of care
- Substance use treatment
- Treatment for alcohol and drug use.
- Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
- Treats substance use together with a serious emotional disturbance in children and adolescents.
Settings
- Outpatient
- Regular appointments while living at home.
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone for opioid use, with counseling, without staying overnight.
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Weekly or less frequent appointments while living at home.
Medications for opioid use
- Buprenorphine used in Treatment
- Buprenorphine is used here.
- Naltrexone used in Treatment
- Naltrexone is used here.
- Buprenorphine maintenance
- Buprenorphine continued over time to prevent relapse.
- Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
- Lofexidine or clonidine to ease withdrawal during detox.
- Prescribes buprenorphine
- Prescribes buprenorphine.
- Prescribes naltrexone
- Prescribes naltrexone.
- Relapse prevention with naltrexone
- Naltrexone to help prevent relapse.
Payment
- Accepted
- Cash or self-payment; TRICARE and other federal military insurance; Federal, state, or local government funding for substance use treatment; Medicaid; Medicare; Private health insurance; A state-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid.
- Help with cost
- A sliding fee scale: the fee depends on income and other factors.
Who they serve
- Ages served
- Children and adolescents, 17 or younger; Young adults, 18 to 25.
- Sex
- Female; Male.
- Programs for
- Adolescents; Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders; Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients; Young adults.
- Languages
- Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing.
More details this facility reports
- 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; No formal relationship with prescribing entity; Other contracted prescribing entity.
- Pharmacotherapies
- Acamprosate (Campral®); Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable); Buprenorphine with naloxone; Buprenorphine without naloxone; Clonidine; Lofexidine; Medication for mental disorders; Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis; Naltrexone (oral); Nicotine replacement; Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation.
- Treatment Approaches
- Anger management; Brief intervention; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Contingency management/motivational incentives; Motivational interviewing; Relapse prevention; Substance use disorder counseling; Telemedicine/telehealth therapy; Trauma-related counseling.
- Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)
- Private non-profit organization.
- Assessment/Pre-treatment
- Complete medical history/physical exam; Comprehensive mental health assessment; Comprehensive substance use assessment; Outreach to persons in the community; Screening for mental disorders; Screening for substance use; Screening for tobacco use.
- Testing
- Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing; Drug or alcohol urine screening; Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV).
- Transitional Services
- Aftercare/continuing care; Discharge Planning; Naloxone and overdose education.
- Recovery Support Services
- Assistance with obtaining social services.
- 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; Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling; Substance use disorder education.
- Medical Services
- Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination; Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination.
- Facility Smoking Policy
- Smoking not permitted.
- Facility Vaping Policy
- Vaping not permitted.
- Ancillary Services
- Integrated primary care services; Mental health services; Suicide prevention services; Transportation assistance.
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