New clinic offers mental health, addiction services near two hospitals
Hamilton Journal NewsMay 15, 2022
May 15—A comprehensive outpatient mental health and addiction medicine clinic has found the perfect location to reach the highest percentage of patients, officials said.
He said this expansion is the first outpatient center of its kind in
This center will bring much needed case management, group and individual counseling, outpatient services, medication assisted treatment, peer recovery support, perinatal services, psychiatry, and mental health therapy to
"We want to make access to treatment as easy as possible," he said. "Lets be honest, the people that need mental health and substance abuse treatment have enough on their mind. They have enough they are dealing with right now. If we can make access to treatment not a hurdle that's really our responsibility."
Eventually, the facility hopes to operate an Opioid Treatment Program (OTP).
More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another record in the nation's escalating overdose epidemic, the
That's a 15% increase from the previous record, set the year before.
According to the
Gehring believes all the services offered at
"There is no wrong front door," he said. "We want to treat the whole person."
The goal, he said, is to provide "a strong continuum of care."
Success is measured by the needs of every individual and to return them to the highest level of functionality, he said.
"It can't be one size fits all," Gehring said.
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