Substance Abuse
Overview
As part of a comprehensive continuum of care and an integrated
medical/behavioral approach to treatment, Lahey Health Behavioral
Services is committed to providing high-quality mental
health services that address a broad range of affective,
behavioral, cognitive and perceptual disorders. The mental health
service programs provide diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of
both psychiatric and substance abuse disorders, as well as services
to patients with coexisting substance abuse and mental health
disorders. The goal of treatment is to restore patients' coping
skills by involving each patient in an individualized program that
meets his or particular needs.
BayRidge Hospital in
Lynn offers a continuum of chemical dependency and psychiatric
services on an inpatient, partial hospitalization and
outpatient basis. Acute inpatient psychiatric services and a
partial hospitalization program are also available at the
Leland Unit at Beverly Hospital.
The Emergency Psychiatric Service is available
to evaluate individuals who come to the emergency departments and
require immediate evaluation. Other services include comprehensive
outpatient behavioral health services at Addison Gilbert and
Beverly hospitals and the DISCOVER Program at Addison
Gilbert Hospital, which, similar to the partial hospitalization
programs, provides structured outpatient addiction
treatment.
Lahey Health Behavioral
Services offers exceptional, community-based mental health
and substance abuse services of the North Shore and Lower Merrimack
Valley.
