Norton Sound Health Corporation Behavioral Health 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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Treatment Approaches:

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

Facility Ownership:

• the Indian Health Service

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State mental health department
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use programs
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Military insurance
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Payment Assistance Available:

• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• dual diagnosis treatment

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

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

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• Case management
• Domestic violence services
• Early intervention for HIV
• Housing services
• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Transportation assistance
• Mentoring/Peer support

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• family counseling
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS education, counseling and support
• health education services
• employment counseling and training

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking not permitted

Gender Accepted:

• women
• men

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Yupik