Merakey Parkside Recovery - Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Types of Care at Merakey Parkside Recovery

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

Service Settings at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• outpatient treatment
• intensive outpatient treatment
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Methadone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment at Merakey Parkside Recovery

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• Personal physician/health care provider

Type Of Treatment at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• buprenorphine maintenance
• methadone maintenance
• suboxone prescription
• naltrexone administration
• relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Methadone
• Buprenorphine sub-dermal implant (Probuphine)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable, for example, Sublocade)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders

Treatment Approaches at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix Model
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling
• trauma-related counseling
• 12-step facilitation

FacilityOwnership at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Council on Accreditation

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Federal funding
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• teenagers
• transitional age young adults
• adult women
• adult men
• seniors and older adults
• court/judicial system clients
• people with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Transitional Services at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• case management
• domestic violence services
• early intervention for HIV
• housing services
• mental health services
• self-help groups
• social skills development
• transportation assistance
• mentoring/peer support

Counseling Services and Education at Merakey Parkside Recovery

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

Tobacco/Screening Services at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• children and adolescents

Gender Accepted at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• women
• men

Services for deaf at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages at Merakey Parkside Recovery

• Spanish