I always recommend Eastside to anyone who needs mental health treatment. It's a great resource in the community and they continue to be a positive influence.
About the Facility
Eastside Mental Health Center, in Birmingham, Alabama, offers outpatient psychiatric care and addiction recovery services for youth and adults, including specialized programming for adolescents, young adults, seniors, persons with hearing impairment, and persons with co-occurring addiction and mental illness. Their services include partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), general outpatient (OP), and aftercare programming. They are licensed by the state of Alabama.
Treatment at Eastside Mental Health Center includes comprehensive medical and mental health assessments, personalized care planning, and case management. Referrals for acute and subacute inpatient treatment are available as needed.
Their partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) programs are designed for clients requiring high-level supervision and support, including those in early recovery, those stepping down from inpatient care, and those at an elevated risk of relapse. Clients engage in extensive individual, group, and family counseling and robust, recovery-focused life skills training addressing topics such as coping, self-care, and relapse prevention.
Their general outpatient (OP) and aftercare services ensure a complete continuum of care aligned with clients’ evolving needs and may include continuing counseling and recovery education, 12 step program facilitation, housing and employment assistance, and referrals for additional services.
Eastside Mental Health Center accepts most major insurance providers, including Aetna, Beacon, BlueCross BlueShield, Humana, Cigna, United Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, and others. They also may accept Tricare, Medicare, and Medicaid. Out of network benefits vary. Contact your provider to verify coverage. Financial assistance is available.
Treatment
Mental Health
Addiction treatment includes mental health services while living within a facility–a hospital, clinic, or hotel-like rehab center. Mental health counselors provide care in a safe environment monitored by clinical staff. The typical length of an inpatient program is 28-30 days, but some can last 60-90 days or more. Mental health treatment involves individual and group counseling sessions, addiction and relapse prevention education, and coping skills training.
Insurance and Financial
- Medicaid
- Private insurance
- Self-pay options
- Financial aid
- Sliding scale payment assistance
- Medicare
Programs
- Adolescence program
- Adult program
- Elderly program
- Hearing impaired program
- Young adult program
Levels of Care
Outpatient
Outpatient rehab is designed primarily for clients who do not require intensive clinical supervision. This includes clients who are exiting detox or inpatient care. Outpatient treatment typically involves addiction counseling, recovery education, and life skills training. These programs encompass varying levels of care, including partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), standard outpatient (OP), and sober living/halfway house programs. Each category is defined by the frequency and intensity of treatment.
Clinical Services
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Couples Therapy
Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.
Family Therapy
Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.
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
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Trauma Therapy
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.
Contact
129 East Park Circle
Birmingham AL, 35235