Behavioral Health Network – Mercy Medical Center - Springfield, MA

About the Facility

Behavioral Health Network–Mercy Medical Center, in Springfield, Massachusetts, offers outpatient addiction recovery services for adults, including crisis intervention and patient stabilization, medication assisted treatment (MAT), general outpatient care, and aftercare planning and support. Gender-specific and specialized services for young adults, justice-involved persons, and persons with co-occurring disorders are available.

Clients in outpatient care receive medical and mental health assessments, personalized care planning, drug and alcohol screenings, and comprehensive case management. They also engage in intensive individual, group, and family counseling and robust, recovery-focused life skills training addressing topics such as coping, self-care, relaxation, anger management, and relapse prevention. Clients in opioid and/or alcohol recovery may enroll in their evidence-based MAT program for longer-term pharmacotherapy using buprenorphine or naltrexone.

Their aftercare services ensure a complete continuum of care aligned with clients’ evolving needs and may include step-down support and referrals for additional medical, mental health, and social service programs.

Behavioral Health Network–Mercy Medical Center is state licensed and accepts private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and self-pay. Financial aid is available.

Treatment

Mental Health

Mental health services are essential during treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, whether you receive treatment in an inpatient or outpatient setting. While receiving inpatient care, you can expect to have round-the-clock access to mental health therapists and medical staff. Additionally, you will likely receive a number of different therapies and mental health options like individual and group counseling, addiction and relapse prevention education, and coping skills training.

Insurance and Financial

Private insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Self-pay options

Programs

Adult program
Program for men
Program for women

Levels of Care

Outpatient

Outpatient programs are designed for clients who are medically stable and not at an elevated risk of relapse, including those who have already completed inpatient care. Outpatient programs typically advance clients’ established treatment plans, offering continuing addiction counseling and recovery education. Clients who enter outpatient care immediately following detox may also receive medical and mental health assessments and personalized treatment plans. Most outpatient rehabs provide multiple levels of care to align with clients’ unique needs.

Clinical Services

Group Therapy

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

Individual Therapy

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a structured way of helping those with major mental illnesses and/or substance abuse by bringing services directly to the patient in home. Instead of hospitalization or an outpatient program, staff members like social workers, psychiatrists, and counselors come directly to the patient’s house for treatment. ACT is used primarily for those with severe and persistent mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, some of whom also contend with substance abuse. ACT can be short- or long-term (months to years), and provides the same multidisciplinary, 24/7 staffing of a psychiatric unit, but in the comfort of the patient's own home and/or community.