Friend Family Health Center Western

Friend Family Health Center Western - Chicago, IL

Friend Family Health Center Western is a mental health and substance abuse treatment facility located at 5843 South Western Avenue in the 60636 zip code in Chicago, IL. It is operated by a private non-profit organization. Friend Family Health Center Western provides prescribes suboxone and buprenorphine maintenance. Some of the treatment approaches used by Friend Family Health Center Western include cognitive behavioral therapy, anger management and rational emotive behavioral therapy. Friend Family Health Center Western provides outpatient rehab, outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment and regular outpatient treatment. It also provides inpatient treatment for dual diagnosis and residential treatment for substance abuse. Other addiction treatment offered includes gambling disorder treatment, internet use disorder treatment and general addiction disorder treatment.

Address: 5843 South Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60636

  1. Types of Care
  2. Service Settings
  3. Opioid Medications used in Treatment
  4. External Opioid Medications Source
  5. Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  6. External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  7. Type Of Treatment
  8. Pharmacotherapies
  9. Treatment Approaches
  10. Facility Ownership
  11. License/Certification/Accreditation
  12. Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
  13. Payment Assistance Available
  14. Assessment/Pre-treatment
  15. Screening & Testing
  16. Transitional Services
  17. Ancillary Services
  18. Other Addictions Treatment
  19. Counseling Services and Education
  20. Medical Services
  21. Tobacco/Screening Services
  22. Facility Smoking Policy
  23. Gender Accepted
  24. Services for deaf
  25. Additional Spoken Languages

Here are the full facility listing details on Friend Family Health Center Western in Chicago, IL:

Types of Care:

  • residential treatment for substance use
  • inpatient treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders

Service Settings:

  • outpatient rehabilitation
  • outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • regular outpatient treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

  • Buprenorphine treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

  • Other contracted prescribing entity
  • Personal physician/health care provider

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

  • Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
  • Administers medication for alcohol use disorder

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

  • Other contracted prescribing entity
  • Personal physician/health care provider

Type Of Treatment:

  • buprenorphine maintenance
  • prescribes suboxone

Pharmacotherapies:

  • Acamprosate (Campral)
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
  • Medications for psychiatric disorders
  • Medications for HIV treatment
  • Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
  • Lofexidine
  • Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

  • anger management
  • brief intervention
  • cognitive behavioral therapy
  • motivational incentives
  • motivational interviewing
  • rational emotive behavioral therapy
  • relapse prevention
  • substance use counseling approach
  • trauma counseling

Facility Ownership:

  • a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

  • Certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

  • Accepts Federal funding
  • Accepts Medicare
  • Accepts Medicaid
  • Accepts private health insurance
  • Accepts self-payment
  • Accepts state health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

  • Payment assistance
  • Sliding fee scale

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing
  • Screening for Hepatitis B
  • Screening for Hepatitis C
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Screening for substance use
  • STD testing
  • TB screening
  • Testing for metabolic syndrome

Transitional Services:

  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

  • case management
  • domestic violence services
  • HIV early intervention
  • sober housing services
  • mental health services
  • recovery training
  • help with transportation
  • intervention services

Other Addictions Treatment:

  • general addiction disorder treatment
  • gambling disorder treatment
  • treatment for internet use disorder

Counseling Services and Education:

  • counseling for individuals
  • counseling for families
  • marital/couples counseling
  • substance use education
  • hepatitis education, counseling and support
  • HIV and AIDS support
  • health education services

Medical Services:

  • Hepatitis A vaccination
  • Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services:

  • Nicotine replacement therapy
  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

  • Smoking not allowed

Gender Accepted:

  • women
  • men

Services for deaf:

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages:

  • Spanish

Phone #: 773-434-8600

Call (888) 303-2026 to get 24/7 help with treatment.

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What is dual diagnosis treatment?

Dual diagnosis treatment is a specialized approach to helping individuals who are dealing with both substance abuse issues and mental health disorders simultaneously. It recognizes the interconnected nature of these challenges and aims to address them comprehensively.

People with dual diagnosis face a unique set of hurdles as their mental health issues and substance use often reinforce each other, creating a cycle that can be difficult to break. For instance, someone with depression might turn to drugs or alcohol as a way to cope with their emotions, and the substance use can, in turn, exacerbate their mental health symptoms. This complex interaction requires a tailored treatment approach.

The primary goal of dual diagnosis treatment is to provide integrated care that addresses both the substance use disorder and the mental health condition concurrently. This involves a team of professionals, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, addiction specialists, and counselors, working collaboratively to develop a comprehensive treatment plan.

The treatment plan may include various therapeutic modalities, medication management, and support services. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and motivational interviewing are commonly used therapeutic approaches. Medications may be prescribed to manage psychiatric symptoms and support the individual's recovery from substance use.

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