Equality Health Center offers Behavioral Health Services with a focus on providing a safe, supportive, and confidential environment to patients. Our Behavioral Health Service believes in affirming different identities for transgender, cisgender, and gender nonconforming people.

Integrated Medication Assisted Treatment is the use of medications in with counseling and behavioral therapies , to provide a whole patient approach to the treatment of substance use disorder”- US Dept of Health and Human Services’ Center for Substance Abuse Treatment” Currently medications used to treat Opioid Abuse Disorder are buprenorphine/naloxone ( Suboxone), Naltrexone and Methadone. Naloxone is used to revive patients who have over-dosed. We are not prescribing methaode for opioid abuse disorder. Patient acuity ranges from opioid dependent to heavily addicted. Levels of service and appropriate sites of care vary based upon the patient’s acuity and circumstances. Our clinical philosophy is to facilitate the individual’s return to the highest level of physiological, psychological and societal functioning. The program takes a holistic , evidence-based approach. It includes a formal treatment agreement; individualized treatment plan; opioid replacement therapy; toxicology screening; prescription monitoring; patient and family education; social supports; as well as behavioral , copgnitive and other interventions.

Parenting Journey in Recovery is a 14-session group specifically designed for parents in recovery. This program helps parents explore past family patterns, begin to heal past wounds, and seize the opportunity to take a new path that strengthens recovery, involves personal responsibility, and take positive actions, while facing the daily challenges of living with addiction. Parenting Journey in Recovery will help you to: Identify strengths and increase your resiliency, build greater trust and connections to others, become more confident in your recovery and more hopeful and optimistic about the future, and understand what it means to be a parent while struggling with challenges of recovery.

The program helps participants find various health and wellness services quickly and easily. By serving as an access point to these resources, the MOM program helps new and expecting parents and their babies have good health during pregnancy and beyond. Services include: Medical, behavioral health, and substance use screening Care coordination and case management, including housing assistance, service connection and collaboration, and food assistance Behavioral health services Substance use treatment, including outpatient, inpatient and residential, and recovery supports and resources Perinatal and postpartum care, including OB/GYN connections, check-ups, birthing classes, midwife services, and lactation support Family planning Nutrition services Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services Peer support services

Substance use disorder counseling with or without a co-occurring mental health diagnosis.

Substance Misuse prevention information, resources and education. Community education opportunities. Offers community engagement in local substance use prevention efforts through our Prevention Leadership Group.

Community education and awareness as well as alcohol awareness program for DWI offenders, court mandated. Classes offered virtually at present.

Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services. All of our services and treatments are open to men & women. Services includes: Individual & group counseling. Twelve-week intensive outpatient programs which includes nine hours/week group counseling, and one weekly individual session Services also includes the following: Evaluate clients' substance use disorder and assess their readiness for treatment. Help clients develop treatment goals and plans. Review and recommend treatment options with clients and their families. Help clients develop skills and behaviors necessary to recover from their substance use disorder. Work with clients to identify behaviors or situations that interfere with their recovery. Teach families about addiction and help them develop strategies to cope with those problems. Refer clients to other resources and services, such as job placement services and support groups. Conduct outreach programs to help people identify the signs of addiction and other destructive behavior, as well as steps to take to avoid such behavior.

Physicians certified in prescribing Suboxone to treat opiate addiction. No daily dosing office visits. Service is anonymous.

Provides an array of services for people with substance use disorder in person and telehealth, including medication assisted treatment, therapy, medical care, coaching, mental health treatment and care access/coordination. Injectables are also available upon request.

Methadone maintenance and therapy for individuals who are addicted to heroin, morphine, and other opioid drugs.

Impaired Driver Education Classes (IDEP- 20 hour classes) .

Groups Recover Together is a community of physicians, counselors and recovering opioid users you can rely on for affordable and convenient help. Our treatment community provides medication (Suboxone) and weekly meetings with other people recovering from opioid use both in-person and telehealth. Suboxone is prescribed in correct doses to curb pain and sickness from withdrawal, allowing for the best chance at recovery.

Maintains a listing of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (LADC), Dept of Transportation (DOT) certified counselors as well as information on drug-free workplace which includes questions from employees about having to take a drug test and where to make complaints about drug use in the workplace.

Substance use disorder services for adults and children.

National information & referral for substance use disorder. Find treatment centers and providers in your area.

If you or someone you care about is experiencing a crisis, you can call and speak to trained and caring clinical staff. You'll be served by compassionate providers who can help you access vital resources in an emergency. Crisis services are available to anyone in New Hampshire. Depending on your needs, the crisis contact center can: - Offer support via phone, text, or chat - Send a team member from a community mental health center to meet you right where you are, in your home, or another location in the community. - Provide rapid response follow up appointments that include crisis intervention services. - Review inpatient treatment options, if appropriate, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays.

Our harm reduction program provides weekly and by appointment delivery of safe injection supplies including syringes, tourniquets, cookers, Narcan, cotton pellets, sterile water, basic self care items, condoms, fentanyl test strips, alcohol wipes, bandaids, health screenings, wound care and educational materials.

Recovery Coaching: At The Shed, our recovery coaches meet you where you are at, walking alongside you on your journey to a sustained recovery. Coaches also help you access treatment information, and other resources such as health insurance, housing, and basic needs. Certified Recovery Support Workers: CRSWs are ethically responsible advocates which mentor & educate individuals pursuing recovery from substance use and co-occurring disorders for every phase of the recovery journey from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization and sustained recovery maintenance. Services includes: Case management, Wellness Plans, Transportation Assistance

Behavioral health services, resources, and counseling for adults and children. The Behavioral Health team can assist with issues such as depression, anxiety, life issues, substance use disorder, and coping with the challenges of chronic disease management.

Physicians certified in prescribing Suboxone to treat opiate addiction. No daily dosing office visits. Service is anonymous.

Substance Misuse prevention information, resources and education. Community education opportunities. Offers community engagement in local substance use prevention efforts through our Prevention Leadership Group.