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About Sweetser – Adult CSU
Sweetster’s Adult Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) is located on Bath Road in Brunswick, Maine. They can be found in a rural medical office complex off of Route 1, close to MaineHealth Coast Hospital near Thomas Point Beach & Campground. Sweetster specializes in behavioral health programs for adults and children. These can include substance use disorders. They offer an alternative to emergency care, with overnight stays to address withdrawal management, providing supervised care and medication assisted treatment to get you to the next phase of your recovery.
Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Use Referrals
Their outpatient services provide referrals for you and your family to mental health providers throughout the State of Maine. As an affiliate network, they’ve access to care that can help you with therapy and counseling services, home referrals, community support groups and medical treatment.
Residential Non-Medical Institutional Support
They also offer residential programs for at-risk youth and adults. Their adult programs are for those with major mental health challenges seeking residential services that are not able to live independently. They provide care in a non-medical institution setting with the goal of getting you back to a place where you may be able to seek independent living.
Their youth program is for transitional aged youth who have experienced trauma or have been involved in the court-system. That program is located at their Saco Campus and assists youth with mental health challenges, avoiding homelessness and providing skills to encourage their return to independent living in a healthier lifestyle.
Recovery Coaches for First-Hand Experience and Support
Their adult peer support program provides a 24/7 peer support line that is available to you to speak one-on-one with a trained specialist regarding your mental health and substance use disorder issues. They focus on supporting your full recovery and sober living and provide supportive care and options for further treatment and support.
Peer support and recovery coaches are offered in their emergency care program. Their recovery coaches have experience with substance abuse and can therefore speak with you from personal experience, assisting you with keeping you on the right path to recovery.
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Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.
Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.
Addiction Treatments
Levels of Care
Inpatient
Treatments
Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
Programs
Adult Program
Young Adult Program
Clinical Services
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.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.
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 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.
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 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.
Staff
Jayne Van Bramer
President & CEO
John McAnuff
CFO
Joanne Grant
Chief Growth Officer
Kristie Worster
Chief Program Officer
Holly Hall
Chief Human Resources Officer
Marc Kaplan, DO
Medical Director
Lynn Leland
Executive Assistant to the CEO & Chief Program Officer
Rose Giacchino
Director of Finance
Contact Information
174 Mere Point Road
Suite B
Brunswick, ME 04011
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