New Inpatient Alcohol and Chemical Detoxification Program Opens at St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan
10/22/2008
contact: Terry Ezekiel
(917) 925-5051
New York, NY, September 23, 2008- St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan announces the opening of a new 10-bed inpatient alcohol and chemical detoxification program. The program will serve individuals with primary diagnoses of alcohol and/or chemical dependency who need a medically-managed inpatient detoxification. It has also been designed to accommodate the special needs of individuals with co-occurring physical and/or psychiatric disorders.
The Inpatient Detoxification Program is staffed by a multidisciplinary treatment team of registered nurses, social workers, and certified substance abuse counselors, working under the leadership of psychiatrists who are board-certified and specialize in alcohol and chemical dependency. Program services include addiction education; individual, group, and family counseling; self-help groups; medication management, and aftercare planning and referrals. The goal of the program is to offer each individual the opportunity for a healthy, sober life.
For more information, please call the St. Vincent's Manhattan Behavioral Health Access Line at (212) 604-8220. St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan offers mental health and chemical dependency services for children, adolescents, adults and older adults.
About Saint Vincent's
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (Saint Vincent's) is anchored by St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, an academic medical center located in Greenwich Village and the only emergency room on the Westside of Manhattan from Midtown to Tribeca, St. Vincent's Westchester, a behavioral health hospital in Westchester County, and continuing care services that include two skilled nursing facilities in Brooklyn, another on Staten Island, a hospice, and a home health agency serving the Metropolitan New York area. Its behavioral health services also provide supportive housing programs for people with mental illness throughout the Metropolitan area. Saint Vincent's is the designated provider for the New York and New Jersey region of the US Family Health Plan sponsored by the US Department of Defense.
Saint Vincent's serves as the academic medical center of New York Medical College in New York City. The healthcare organization is sponsored by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn and the president of the Sisters of Charity of New York.
