Jersey City Medical Center Addiction Services

Types of Care:

• substance use treatment
• dual diagnosis treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Settings:

• outpatient treatment
• intensive outpatient treatment
• regular outpatient treatment

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Naltrexone used in Treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

• naltrexone administration
• relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies:

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix Model
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• State mental health department
• Hospital licensing authority

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use programs
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• dual diagnosis treatment

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning

Ancillary Services:

• Case management
• Mental health services
• Social skills development

Other Addictions Treatment:

• Treatment for gambling disorder

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• substance use education

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted:

• adults
• young adults

Gender Accepted:

• women
• men

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish